Questions tagged [diff]
diff is a file comparison utility that outputs the differences between two files.
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File and directory comparison tool?
I'm looking for something that will compare directories and files like Beyond Compare does for windows.
Its mainly for use of source control, but I need to use it for deployment as well.
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How can I "diff" two files with Nautilus?
I have installed Meld and found out it's a great comparing tool. Unfortunately there is no integration with Nautilus 3.2. This means, I can't right click on files and select an option to open them in ...
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Diff reports difference but both lines are the same
I diff-ed 2 files and got
1c1
< 1
---
> 1
Both files contained just "1". How is this different?
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How do I diff the output of two commands?
I had imagined the simplest way to compare the contents of two similar directories would be something like
diff `ls old` `ls new`
But I see why this doesn't work; diff is being handed a big long ...
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exit code of diff
If I run diff -q on two files and they are identical, the exit code generated by echo $? is 0; if the files differ, the exit code is 1. Why is that? In what way is the first diff a success and the ...
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Difference of two big files
I have "test1.csv" and it contains
200,400,600,800
100,300,500,700
50,25,125,310
and test2.csv and it contains
100,4,2,1,7
200,400,600,800
21,22,23,24,25
50,25,125,310
50,25,700,5
now
diff test2....
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Compare source code files, ignoring formatting differences (like whitespace, linebreaks, ...)
I am looking for an application that can compare two C++ sources and find the code-meaningful differences (to compare versions which may have been reformatted differently).
At the very minimum, ...
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Does Ubuntu have any graphical software to compare and merge differences in files? [duplicate]
I want to compare two or more files and merge the differences as needed. I was using Windows but now working on Ubuntu 12.04.
In windows "Beyond compare" made my work easier, but since I ...
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How can I check why diff command failed?
I was running diff --brief -r /home/mateusz/ /media/mateusz/Database/backup_test_tmp_folder/home/mateusz/ command that completed with error code 2. According to documentation "Exit status is 0 if ...
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using diff to compare a file and a directory
there is probably a simpler way to do this but I ran ls on the /media/user directory with no usb storage plugged in and saved the output to a file and I wanted to use diff to compare the file with a ...
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Diff side by side output with "|" (incomplete) sign
When I compare two files with just numbers, in addition to < and > signs, I also have | signs at some of the lines. For example,
25746 | ...
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vim -d colorscheme
I need a readable colorscheme for vim -d (or vimdiff). My problem is that some lines aren't readable (see picture), white text on yellow background:
I tried also the following in ~/.vimrc:
if &...
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What does | mean when diff is run on two files?
When I run:
diff -y <file1> <file2>
what is the | character telling me?
i.e.
Video_Codec_List : v210 | Codecs Video : v210