NAME
idiff – interactive diff

SYNOPSIS
idiff [ –bw ] file1 file2

DESCRIPTION
Idiff interactively merges file1 and file2 onto standard output. Wherever file1 and file2 differ, idiff displays the differences in the style of ``diff –n'' on standard error and prompts the user to select a chunk. Valid responses are:
<     Use the chunk from file1.
>     Use the chunk from file2.
=     Use the diff output itself.
q<, q>, q=
Use the given response for all future questions.
!cmdExecute cmd and prompt again.

Idiff invokes diff(1) to compare the files. The –b and –w flags, if passed, are passed to diff.

FILES
/tmp/idiff.*

SOURCE
/sys/src/cmd/idiff.c

SEE ALSO
diff(1)
Kernighan and Pike, The Unix Programming Environment, Prentice–Hall, 1984.
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