User Commands                                            DIF3(1)



NAME
     diff3 - compare three files line by line

SYNOPSIS
     diff3 [OPTION]... MYFILE OLDFILE YOURFILE

DESCRIPTION
     Compare three files line by line.

     -e  --ed
          Output unmerged changes from OLDFILE to  YOURFILE  into
          MYFILE.

     -E  --show-overlap
          Output unmerged changes, bracketing conflicts.

     -A  --show-all
          Output all changes, bracketing conflicts.

     -x  --overlap-only
          Output overlapping changes.

     -X   Output overlapping changes, bracketing them.

     -3  --easy-only
          Output unmerged nonoverlapping changes.

     -m  --merge
          Output merged file instead of ed script (default -A).

     -L LABEL  --label=LABEL
          Use LABEL instead of file name.

     -i   Append `w' and `q' commands to ed scripts.

     -a  --text
          Treat all files as text.

     -T  --initial-tab
          Make tabs line up by prepending a tab.

     --diff-program=PROGRAM
          Use PROGRAM to compare files.

     -v  --version
          Output version info.

     --help
          Output this help.

     If a FILE is `-', read standard input.




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AUTHOR
     Written by Randy Smith.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright O 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

     This program comes with NO WARANTY, to the extent permitted
     by  law.   You may redistribute copies of this program under
     the terms of the  GNU  General  Public  License.   For  more
     information about these matters, see the file named COPYING.

SEE ALSO
     The full documentation for diff3 is maintained as a  Texinfo
     manual.   If  the  info  and  diff3  programs  are  properly
     installed at your site, the command

          info diff

     should give you access to the complete manual.

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     
       ATRIBUTE TYPE      ATRIBUTE VALUE 
    
     Availability         SUNWgnu-diffutils
    
     Interface Stability  Uncommitted      
    

NOTES
     Source    for    GNU    diffutils    is     available     on
     http:/opensolaris.org.

















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