:orphan: .. _ahelp_@diff.files: *********** @diff.files *********** .. contents:: :local: | .. code-block:: none ---------------------------------------------------------------------- @diff.files - show file differences (between "these" files and "those" files) Given: - a list of files - a directory name Show files that differ (and/or their differences) between each file in the given list and its corresponding file in the other directory. This is similar to @diff.tree, except that one main input is a list of files. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- usage: @diff.files [options] file1 file2 ... old_dir ---------------------------------------------------------------------- options: -diff_opts 'OPTS' : add options to diff command e.g. -diff_opts -w -diff_prog DPROG : display diffs using DPROG (probably graphical) e.g. -diff_prog meld e.g. -diff_prog xxdiff [same as -xxdiff] Consider also: kdiff3, tkdiff. -ignore_missing : continue even if files are missing alt: -im -longlist : instead of listing file, run 'ls -l' on both alt: -ll -save : create pdfs of diffs -show : show diffs using 'diff' -xxdiff : show diffs using 'xxdiff' -X : implies -xxdiff and -ignore_missing' -verb LEVEL : be more chatty at 2 (set echo at 3) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- examples: @diff.files file1 some/other/directory @diff.files file1 file2 file3 some/other/directory @diff.files * some/other/directory @diff.files -im * some/other/directory @diff.files -X * some/other/directory ---------------------------------------------------------------------- R Reynolds written ages ago, but added 10 Jun, 2015 ----------------------------------------