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SDIFF(1)			 User Commands			      SDIFF(1)

NAME
       sdiff - side-by-side merge of file differences

SYNOPSIS
       sdiff [OPTION]... FILE1 FILE2

DESCRIPTION
       Side-by-side merge of differences between FILE1 and FILE2.

       Mandatory  arguments  to	 long  options are mandatory for short options
       too.

       -o, --output=FILE
	      operate interactively, sending output to FILE

       -i, --ignore-case
	      consider upper- and lower-case to	be the same

       -E, --ignore-tab-expansion
	      ignore changes due to tab	expansion

       -Z, --ignore-trailing-space
	      ignore white space at line end

       -b, --ignore-space-change
	      ignore changes in	the amount of white space

       -W, --ignore-all-space
	      ignore all white space

       -B, --ignore-blank-lines
	      ignore changes whose lines are all blank

       -I, --ignore-matching-lines=RE
	      ignore changes all whose lines match RE

       --strip-trailing-cr
	      strip trailing carriage return on	input

       -a, --text
	      treat all	files as text

       -w, --width=NUM
	      output at	most NUM (default 130) print columns

       -l, --left-column
	      output only the left column of common lines

       -s, --suppress-common-lines
	      do not output common lines

       -t, --expand-tabs
	      expand tabs to spaces in output

       --tabsize=NUM
	      tab stops	at every NUM (default 8) print columns

       -d, --minimal
	      try hard to find a smaller set of	changes

       -H, --speed-large-files
	      assume large files, many scattered small changes

       --diff-program=PROGRAM
	      use PROGRAM to compare files

       --help display this help	and exit

       -v, --version
	      output version information and exit

       If a FILE is '-', read standard input.  Exit status is 0	if inputs  are
       the same, 1 if different, 2 if trouble.

AUTHOR
       Written by Thomas Lord.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to: bug-diffutils@gnu.org
       GNU diffutils home page:	<https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/>
       General help using GNU software:	<https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  (C) 2025 Free	Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
       GPL version 3 or	later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free  to	change	and  redistribute  it.
       There is	NO WARRANTY, to	the extent permitted by	law.

SEE ALSO
       cmp(1), diff(1),	diff3(1)

       The full	documentation for sdiff	is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
       the  info  and  sdiff programs are properly installed at	your site, the
       command

	      info sdiff

       should give you access to the complete manual.

diffutils 3.11			 February 2025			      SDIFF(1)

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