cut-diff - show difference between 2 files with color
cut-diff [option ...] file1 file2
cut-diff is a diff command that uses diff feature in Cutter. It shows difference
with color.
It's recommended that you use a normal diff(1) when you want to
use with patch(1) or you don't need color.
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--version
- cut-diff shows its own version and exits.
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-c [yes|true|no|false|auto], --color=[yes|true|no|false|auto]
- If 'yes' or 'true' is specified, cut-diff uses colorized output by escape
sequence. If 'no' or 'false' is specified, cut-diff never use colorized
output. If 'auto' or the option is omitted, cut-diff uses colorized output
if available.
The default is auto.
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-u, --unified
- cut-diff uses unified diff format.
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--context-lines=LINES
- Shows diff context around LINES.
All lines are shown by default. When unified diff format is
used, 3 lines are shown by default.
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--label=LABEL, -L=LABEL
- Uses LABEL as a header label. The first--label option value
is used as file1's label and the second --label option value
is used asfile2's label.
Labels are the same as file names by default.
The exit status is 0 for success, non-0 otherwise.
TODO: 0 for non-difference, 1 for difference and non-0 for
errors.
In the following example, cut-diff shows difference between file1 and
file2:
% cut-diff file1 file2
In the following example, cut-diff shows difference between
file1 and file2 with unified diff format:
% cut-diff -u file1 file2