Diffutils

Overview

GNU Diffutils

https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/
Finds differences between and among files.

A group of utilities that displays difference between and among text files. 'diff' outputs the difference between two files in any of several formats. If the files are identical, it normally produces no ouput; if they are binary (non-text) it normally reports only that they are different. 'cmp' shows the offsets and files numbers where two files differ; it can also show, side by side, all the characters that differ between the two files. 'sdiff' merges two files interactively. 'diff3' shows differences among three files. If two people have made independent changes to a common original, diff3 reports that difference between the original and the two changed versions, and can produce a merged file that contains both persons' changes along with warnings about conflicts.

Download

https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/diffutils-3.12.tar.gz

Categories

• Interface:command-line
• Interface:console
• Programming-language:C
• Runs-on:GNU/Linux
• Runs-on:BSD
• Runs-on:OS X
• Software-development:version-control
• Text-creation:word-processing
• Use:software-development
• Use:text-creation
• Works-with:text

Details

Licensing

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License

GPLv3orlater

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Genium, ksiewicz

Verified on

16 May 2025

Notes

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/diffutils.git/tree/COPYING

Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)	Role
Jim Meyering	Maintainer
Paul Eggert	Maintainer

Resources and communication

Audience	Resource type	URI
Savannah	Developer	https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/diffutils/
Debian	Developer	https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/diff
	Mailing List	https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-system-discuss/
	Mailing List	https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-diffutils/
	General	https://translationproject.org/domain/diffutils.html
	Download	https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/
	VCS Repository Webview	https://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/diffutils/
Debian	Developer	https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/diffutils
	General	https://savannah.gnu.org/people/
	Mailing List	https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/diffutils-devel/
	VCS Repository Webview	https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/diffutils.git/
Wikidata	General	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62845084
	VCS Repository Webview	https://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/diffutils/
	Download	https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/

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