sdiff

 

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 User Commands                                            sdiff(1)
 
 
 


NAME
      sdiff - print differences between two files side-by-side
 


SYNOPSIS
      sdiff [ -l ]  [ -s ]  [ -o output ]   [  -w n  ]   filename1
      filename2
 


DESCRIPTION
      sdiff uses the output of  the  diff  command  to  produce  a
      side-by-side  listing of two files indicating lines that are
      different. Lines of the two files are printed with  a  blank
      gutter  between  them if the lines are identical, a < in the
      gutter if the line appears only in filename1,  a  >  in  the
      gutter  if  the  line appears only in filename2, and a | for
      lines that are different. (See the EXAMPLES section below.)
 


OPTIONS
      -l    Print only  the  left  side  of  any  lines  that  are
            identical.to
 
      -s    Do not print identical lines.
 
      -o output
            Use the argument output as the name of  a  third  file
            that   is   created  as  a  user-controlled  merge  of
            filename1 and filename2. Identical lines of  filename1
            and  filename2  are  copied to output. Sets of differ-
            ences, as produced by diff, are printed; where  a  set
            of  differences share a common gutter character. After
            printing each set of differences,  sdiff  prompts  the
            user  with  a  %  and  waits  for one of the following
            user-typed commands:
 
 
            l     Append the left column to the output file.
 
            r     Append the right column to the output file.
 
            s     Turn on silent  mode;  do  not  print  identical
                  lines.
 
            v     Turn off silent mode.
 
            e l   Call the editor with the left column.
 
            e r   Call the editor with the right column.
 
            e b   Call the editor with the concatenation  of  left
                  and right.
 
            e     Call the editor with a zero length file.
 
 
 
 
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            q     Exit from the program.
 
            On exit from the editor, the resulting  file  is  con-
            catenated to the end of the output file.
 
      -w n  Use the argument n as the width of  the  output  line.
            The default line length is 130 characters.
 
 USAGE
      See largefile(5) for the  description  of  the  behavior  of
      sdiff  when  encountering  files  greater than or equal to 2
      Gbyte ( 2**31 bytes).
 
 EXAMPLES
      Example 1: An example of the sdiff command.
 
      A sample output of sdiff follows.
 
      x   |   y
      a       a
      b   <
      c   <
      d       d
          >   c
 
 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
      If any  of  the  LC_*  variables  (  LC_CTYPE,  LC_MESSAGES,
      LC_TIME, LC_COLLATE, LC_NUMERIC,
       and LC_MONETARY ) (see  environ(5))  are  not  set  in  the
      environment,  the  operational  behavior  of  sdiff for each
      corresponding locale category is determined by the value  of
      the  LANG  environment variable.  If LC_ALL is set, its con-
      tents are used to override both the LANG and the other  LC_*
      variables.   If  none  of  the above variables is set in the
      environment, the "C" locale determines how sdiff behaves.
 
      LC_CTYPE
            Determines how sdiff handles characters. When LC_CTYPE
            is  set to a valid value, sdiff can display and handle
            text and filenames  containing  valid  characters  for
            that locale.
 


ATTRIBUTES
      See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
      butes:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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     |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
     | Availability                | SUNWesu                     |
     | CSI                         | Enabled                     |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
 
 


SEE ALSO
      diff(1), ed(1), attributes(5), environ(5), largefile(5)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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