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- 3-way differential file comparison
diff3 [-exEX3] filename1 filename2 filename3
diff3 compares three versions of a file. It publishes disagreeing ranges of text flagged with the following codes:
all three files differ
filename1is different
filename2is different
filename3is different
The type of change suffered in converting a given range of a given file to some other is indicated in one of the following ways:
Text is to be appended after line number n1 in file f, where f = 1, 2, or 3.
Text is to be changed in the range line n1 to line n2. If n1 = n2, the range can be abbreviated to n1.
The original contents of the range follows immediately after a c indication. When the contents of two files are identical, the contents of the lower-numbered file is suppressed.
The following command applies the resulting script to filename1.
(cat script; echo ´1,$p´) | ed - filename1
The following options are supported:
Produce a script for the ed(1) editor that incorporates into filename1 all changes between filename2 and filename3 (that is, the changes that normally would be flagged ==== and ====3).
Text lines that consist of a single dot (. defeat the -e option.
Produce a script that incorporates all changes between filename2 and filename3, but treat overlapping changes (that is, changes that would be flagged with ==== in the normal listing) differently. The overlapping lines from both files are inserted by the edit script, bracketed by <<<<<< and >>>>>> lines.
Produce a script to incorporate only changes flagged ====.
Produce a script that incorporates only changes flagged ====, but treat these changes in the manner of the -E option.
Produce a script to incorporate only changes flagged ====3.
See largefile(5) for the description of the behavior of diff3 when encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte ( 231 bytes).
The following exit values are returned:
Successful completion.
An error occurred. A difference was found or there was a fatal error.
A fatal error occurred.
Return values do not work the same as diff(1) or other vendor's versions of diff3.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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diff(1), attributes(5), largefile(5)
Files longer than 64 Kbytes do not work.