DOCDIFF(1)

📦 version 0.6.1, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 DOCDIFF(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the General Commands Manual page for docdiff — yes, that's the manual section 1, we're in command-line-tool territory, and honestly? it's giving ✨utility✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

docdiff — character/word-oriented diff 🦋

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

docdiff [options] file1 file2

like, two files, some options, and we're off 💅

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so this manual page documents briefly the docdiff commands. short and sweet, we love that for us.

real talk though: this manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page 😭 instead, it has documentation in the HTML format — see below in SEE ALSO, i got you.

docdiff is a program that compares two files and shows the difference. it can compare files word by word, char by char, or line by line 🔥 it has several output formats such as HTML/XHTML, tty, Manued, or user-defined markup. yes, user-defined — main character energy, honestly.

it supports several encodings and end-of-line characters, including ASCII, UTF-8, EUC-JP, Shift_JIS, CR, LF, and CRLF. the range? immaculate. the vibe? worldwide 🌍

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • --resolution=RESOLUTION — specify resolution (granularity) line|word|char (default is word). you're literally choosing how zoomed-in the comparison is, periodt.
  • --line — set resolution to line
  • --word — set resolution to word
  • --char — set resolution to char
  • --encoding=ENCODING — specify character encoding ASCII|EUC-JP|Shift_JIS|UTF-8|auto (default is auto). she's multilingual, she's unbothered 💜
  • --ascii — same as --encoding=ASCII
  • --eucjp — same as --encoding=EUC-JP
  • --sjis — same as --encoding=Shift_JIS
  • --utf8 — same as --encoding=UTF-8
  • --eol=EOL — specify end-of-line character CR|LF|CRLF|auto (default is auto). yes we're doing line endings discourse, bestie, it matters 😤
  • --cr — same as --eol=CR
  • --lf — same as --eol=LF
  • --crlf — same as --eol=CRLF
  • --format=FORMAT — specify output format tty|manued|html|wdiff|user (default is html; user tags have to be described in config file). ok but the user one?? you gotta write your own tags in a config file first, iykyk 🎀
  • --tty — same as --format=tty
  • --manued — same as --format=manued
  • --html — same as --format=html
  • --wdiff — same as --format=wdiff
  • --digest — digest output, do not show all. keep it snack-sized 🍓
  • --cache — use file cache
  • --no-config-file — do not read config files
  • --verbose — run verbosely (she will NOT stop talking and we respect it 👑)
  • --help — show usage
  • --version — show version
  • --license — show license
  • --author — show author(s)
reminder bestie: every one of these is exactly what the page says, no cap. don't go inventing extra flags, the tool will simply not know her 💀

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

/usr/share/doc/docdiff/readme.html.

that's the HTML documentation mentioned up top — go read it, it's the real one 💖

💜 AUTHOR 💜

this manual page was written by akira yamada akira@debian.org for the Debian system (but may be used by others). thank you akira, absolute icon 🫶

ok that's the whole page, bestie!! you made it to the bottom, slay 🌟 this was DOCDIFF(1) from the General Commands Manual — the source is that very manual, and the date is the one stamped on this page's footer. now go diff something and feel iconic 💅✨🌸

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