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2.TH DIFF3 "1" "April 2002" "diffutils 2.8.1" "User Commands"
3.SH NAME
4diff3 \- compare three files line by line
5.SH SYNOPSIS
6.B diff3
7[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIMYFILE OLDFILE YOURFILE\fR
8.SH DESCRIPTION
9Compare three files line by line.
10.TP
11\fB\-e\fR \fB\-\-ed\fR
12Output unmerged changes from OLDFILE to YOURFILE into MYFILE.
13.TP
14\fB\-E\fR \fB\-\-show\-overlap\fR
15Output unmerged changes, bracketing conflicts.
16.TP
17\fB\-A\fR \fB\-\-show\-all\fR
18Output all changes, bracketing conflicts.
19.TP
20\fB\-x\fR \fB\-\-overlap\-only\fR
21Output overlapping changes.
22.TP
23\fB\-X\fR
24Output overlapping changes, bracketing them.
25.TP
26\fB\-3\fR \fB\-\-easy\-only\fR
27Output unmerged nonoverlapping changes.
28.TP
29\fB\-m\fR \fB\-\-merge\fR
30Output merged file instead of ed script (default \fB\-A\fR).
31.TP
32\fB\-L\fR LABEL \fB\-\-label\fR=\fILABEL\fR
33Use LABEL instead of file name.
34.TP
35\fB\-i\fR
36Append `w' and `q' commands to ed scripts.
37.TP
38\fB\-a\fR \fB\-\-text\fR
39Treat all files as text.
40.TP
41\fB\-T\fR \fB\-\-initial\-tab\fR
42Make tabs line up by prepending a tab.
43.TP
44\fB\-\-diff\-program\fR=\fIPROGRAM\fR
45Use PROGRAM to compare files.
46.TP
47\fB\-v\fR \fB\-\-version\fR
48Output version info.
49.TP
50\fB\-\-help\fR
51Output this help.
52.PP
53If a FILE is `-', read standard input.
54.SH AUTHOR
55Written by Randy Smith.
56.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
57Report bugs to <bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org>.
58.SH COPYRIGHT
59Copyright \(co 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
60.PP
61This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
62You may redistribute copies of this program
63under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
64For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING.
65.SH "SEE ALSO"
66The full documentation for
67.B diff3
68is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
69.B info
70and
71.B diff3
72programs are properly installed at your site, the command
73.IP
74.B info diff
75.PP
76should give you access to the complete manual.
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