fldiff(1)

💖 fldiff(1) — bestie edition 💖

okay so you found the fldiff manual page and honestly? slay. it's from the fldiff(1) section, written by Michael Sweet, and it's short but iconic. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

fldiff — compare files and directories graphically 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

fldiff [ first [ second ] ]

that's it. that's the whole thing. no cap 🎀

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so fldiff is a graphical diff program — yes, graphical, we're not doing the terminal squinting thing today bestie 🦋 — and what it does is show you the differences between:

• two files, or two directories, or
• a file or directory and a CVS or Subversion repository 👑

like. it just shows you the diff. in a window. main character energy fr fr ✨

✨ COPYRIGHT ✨

Copyright 2005 by Michael Sweet 🎀

now the legal bit, and ngl you do have to read this one:

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 as published by the Free Software Foundation. 🫶

and also:

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. 😭

translation: it's free, it's open, but if it breaks, that's on the universe, not on Michael 💀

4 February 2005 — that's the date on this one, bestie 📅 and it came to you from the fldiff manual, page fldiff(1), by Michael Sweet. that's the whole vibe check, you're all caught up 💖✨🎀🦋