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sdiff:tldr:ea105
sdiff: Compare 2 files, ignoring whitespace at the end of lines.
$ sdiff -Z ${filename1} ${filename2}
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The command sdiff -Z ${filename1} ${filename2}
is used to view the differences between two files and display them side by side.
Here's a breakdown of each component:
sdiff
is the command-line tool used for comparing files.-Z
is an option provided to thesdiff
command, which tells it to compress multiple spaces into a single space when comparing the files.${filename1}
and${filename2}
are variables representing the names of the two files you want to compare. It's assumed that you would replace these variables with actual file names when running the command.
When executed, this command will compare the contents of the files ${filename1}
and ${filename2}
and display the output in a side-by-side format. Differences between the files will be indicated using certain characters such as |
to highlight changes in individual lines or blocks of text.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.