From 80d1f1d2c4e70ec1fe648d6dcf8d692be964a9af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benedikt Ritter Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2014 13:26:10 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add tldr page for diff --- common/diff.md | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) create mode 100644 common/diff.md diff --git a/common/diff.md b/common/diff.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c75b2e0896 --- /dev/null +++ b/common/diff.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +# diff + +> Compare files and directories + +- Compare files + +`diff {{file1}} {{file2}}` + +- Compare files, ignoring white spaces + +`diff -w {{file1}} {{file2}}` + +- Compare files, showing differences side by side + +`diff -y {{file1}} {{file2}}` + +- Compare directories recursively + +`diff -r {{directory1}} {{directory2}}` + +- Compare directories, only showing the names of files that differ + +`diff -rq {{directory1}} {{directory2}}`