Questions tagged [diff]
diff - Command-line tool to display the differences between two files, or each corresponding file in two directories.
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patch fails on unified diff, but works fine with context diff
I am struggling with understanding how diff and patch are supposed to work. Here's my use case: I use Betterfox user.js config file for my Firefox profile, but I add some overrides to it. I want to ...
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Unix or Linux command to compare binary files [duplicate]
I'm looking for a command that compares binary files.
Of course, I know about diff, but it is not very good at binaries.
I have two files from a error-prone source (scratched dvd) which should be ...
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ubuntu system freeze while diff reading, SysRq REISUB not working
I've experienced total system freeze while checking if files where copied correctly by
diff -rq [INTERNAL HDD] [USB HDD]
This happened twice, always while running the diff. On the second occasion I ...
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p4merge open each window minimized when running a git diff/ merge
I've asked the question on SO before, but maybe it is better placed here.
I'm running on Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS (X11) and have p4merge installed in version p4v-2024.3.2656785.
I'm using p4merge since ...
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How to save changes to patch files for kernel headers in `include/linux` using `diff`?
I am trying to hack the Linux kernel and added/modified some header files in include/linux. However, when I generate patch file using diff like:
diff -uprN -X linux/Documentation/dontdiff \
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How do I compare two docker images?
I have two Docker images, each with many layers. I want to compare all the files in teh first image to all the files in the second one, to see what's been changed.
I tried taring up the images using
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In bash/zsh, how to compare the metadata in two directories including . and excluding .. and the contents inside subdirectories?
Let's say that in a script, you have a directory $1 and its copy $2 and you'd like to compare the metadata (names, permissions, sizes, full modification dates, …) of the files and directories inside ...
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diff -qr command between local and remote directories
According to this process substitution can be used to do a SIMPLE diff between local and remote machine. However, I want to use the -qr option in the diff command, i.e., it must be recursive and brief ...
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How to quickly find the largest files/dirs that differ between two directories that should be identical on Linux?
I'm trying to synchronize two hard drives. I thought most people who don't want to lose any data and don't use RAID would use such a method so that there would be a well-working GUI. That doesn't seem ...
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check files difference with multiple folders
I would like to check when a file differ inside a backup system using snapshots.
I have several folders with the same architecture inside
ls -1 .snapshot
4-hourly.2024-04-14_0405
4-hourly.2024-04-...
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How to prevent `diff -rq` from showing newly created files, when comparing the different versions of a folder?
I am doing diff -rq to check the difference between 2 folders (A and B). I don't want to know if folder A has any new files because that's expected. How do I ensure that this information doesn't come ...
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How can I call git's built-in diff command directly after configuring a different visual "git diff" substitute?
I have configured git diff to be a command that calls substitute diff for viewing file differences i.e /usr/bin/vim -dR "$2" "$3" and that doesn't work when I want to create a ...
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Performing character-level comparison of "strings" without explicitly creating temporary files for git diff
Referring to this https://stackoverflow.com/a/31356602, I wrote this code:
#!/bin/bash
# Define the two strings to compare
string1="First string with some random text."
string2="Second ...
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Fast file comparison that displays results side by side with structure understanding (a la total commander in windows)
Is there a way/tool to show differences between two files side by side only highlighting differences in a similar way kdiff3 does that but with a tool that is reasonably fast?A similar question was ...
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How to use kdiff3 to edit when comparing two files
I'm used to meld for editing while seeing an intra-line diff that's updated live in response to edits. One just types in the left or right pane of the window and then save one or both files.
I'm ...
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