man diff3 (Commandes) - compare three files line by line

NAME

diff3 - compare three files line by line

SYNOPSIS

diff3 [OPTION]... MYFILE OLDFILE YOURFILE

DESCRIPTION

Compare three files line by line.

-e --ed
Output unmerged changes from OLDFILE to YOURFILE into MYFILE.
-E --show-overlap
Output unmerged changes, bracketing conflicts.
-A --show-all
Output all changes, bracketing conflicts.
-x --overlap-only
Output overlapping changes.
-X
Output overlapping changes, bracketing them.
-3 --easy-only
Output unmerged nonoverlapping changes.
-m --merge
Output merged file instead of ed script (default -A).
-L LABEL --label=LABEL
Use LABEL instead of file name.
-i
Append `w' and `q' commands to ed scripts.
-a --text
Treat all files as text.
-T --initial-tab
Make tabs line up by prepending a tab.
--diff-program=PROGRAM
Use PROGRAM to compare files.
-v --version
Output version info.
--help
Output this help.

If a FILE is `-', read standard input.

AUTHOR

Written by Randy Smith.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. You may redistribute copies of this program under the terms of the GNU General Public License. For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for diff3 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and diff3 programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info diff

should give you access to the complete manual.