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cut-diff

NAME

cut-diff - show difference between 2 files with color

SYNOPSIS

cut-diff [option ...] file1 file2

DESCRIPTION

cut-diff is a diff command that uses diff feature in Cutter. It shows difference with color.

It's recommended that you use a normal diff(1) when you want to use with patch(1) or you don't need color.

Options

--version cut-diff shows its own version and exits.

-c [yes|true|no|false|auto], --color=[yes|true|no|false|auto] If 'yes' or 'true' is specified, cut-diff uses colorized output by escape sequence. If 'no' or 'false' is specified, cut-diff never use colorized output. If 'auto' or the option is omitted, cut-diff uses colorized output if available.

The default is auto.

-u, --unified cut-diff uses unified diff format.

EXIT STATUS

The exit status is 0 for success, non-0 otherwise.

TODO: 0 for non-difference, 1 for difference and non-0 for errors.

EXAMPLE

In the following example, cut-diff shows difference between file1 and file2:

     % cut-diff file1 file2
 

In the following example, cut-diff shows difference between file1 and file2 with unified diff format:

     % cut-diff -u file1 file2
 

SEE ALSO

diff(1)