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diffoscope

List of commands for diffoscope:

  • diffoscope:tldr:6dd4e diffoscope: Compare two files without displaying a progress bar.
    $ diffoscope --no-progress ${filename1} ${filename2}
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  • diffoscope:tldr:90cce diffoscope: Compare two files.
    $ diffoscope ${filename1} ${filename2}
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  • diffoscope:tldr:ccae2 diffoscope: Compare two directories and control whether directory metadata is considered.
    $ diffoscope --exclude-directory-metadata ${select} ${path-to-directory1} ${path-to-directory2}
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  • diffoscope:tldr:ccbb5 diffoscope: Compare two files and write an HTML-report to a file (use `-` for `stdout`).
    $ diffoscope --html ${select} ${filename1} ${filename2}
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  • diffoscope:tldr:f64a6 diffoscope: Compare two directories excluding files with a name matching a specified pattern.
    $ diffoscope --exclude ${pattern} ${path-to-directory1} ${path-to-directory2}
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