Compare files line by line.

Synopsis

diff [OPTION]... FILE1 FILE2

Description

Compare two files line by line and output their differences. Runs in the just-bash WASM shell inside SLICC.

Options

-u, --unified[=NUM] Output NUM (default 3) lines of unified context.

-c, --context[=NUM] Output NUM (default 3) lines of context.

-y, --side-by-side Output in two columns.

-i, --ignore-case Ignore case differences.

-b, --ignore-space-change Ignore changes in whitespace amount.

-B, --ignore-blank-lines Ignore blank line changes.

--no-color Disable colored output.

Examples

$ diff file1.txt file2.txt

Compare two files.

$ diff -u original.js modified.js

Show differences in unified format.

Notes

Operates on the SLICC virtual filesystem (LightningFS/IndexedDB). Output includes colored additions (green) and deletions (red) by default.

See Also

patch, cmp, comm