(diff.info.gz) Detailed Normal

Info Catalog

(diff.info.gz) Normal

(diff.info.gz) Example Normal

 
 Detailed Description of Normal Format
 -------------------------------------
 
    The normal output format consists of one or more hunks of
 differences; each hunk shows one area where the files differ.  Normal
 format hunks look like this:
 
      CHANGE-COMMAND
      < FROM-FILE-LINE
      < FROM-FILE-LINE...
      ---
      > TO-FILE-LINE
      > TO-FILE-LINE...
 
    There are three types of change commands.  Each consists of a line
 number or comma-separated range of lines in the first file, a single
 character indicating the kind of change to make, and a line number or
 comma-separated range of lines in the second file.  All line numbers are
 the original line numbers in each file.  The types of change commands
 are:
 
 `LaR'
      Add the lines in range R of the second file after line L of the
      first file.  For example, `8a12,15' means append lines 12-15 of
      file 2 after line 8 of file 1; or, if changing file 2 into file 1,
      delete lines 12-15 of file 2.
 
 `FcT'
      Replace the lines in range F of the first file with lines in range
      T of the second file.  This is like a combined add and delete, but
      more compact.  For example, `5,7c8,10' means change lines 5-7 of
      file 1 to read as lines 8-10 of file 2; or, if changing file 2 into
      file 1, change lines 8-10 of file 2 to read as lines 5-7 of file 1.
 
 `RdL'
      Delete the lines in range R from the first file; line L is where
      they would have appeared in the second file had they not been
      deleted.  For example, `5,7d3' means delete lines 5-7 of file 1;
      or, if changing file 2 into file 1, append lines 5-7 of file 1
      after line 3 of file 2.
 

Info Catalog

(diff.info.gz) Normal

(diff.info.gz) Example Normal