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1.1       root        1: .TH IDIFF 1
                      2: .CT 1 files dirs
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: idiff \(mi interactive file comparison
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B idiff
                      7: .I file1 file2
                      8: .SH DESCRIPTION
                      9: .I Idiff
                     10: compares
                     11: .I file1
                     12: with
                     13: .I file2
                     14: using
                     15: .IR diff ,
                     16: then presents each set of changed lines
                     17: for selection or processing.
                     18: .I File2
                     19: may be a directory;
                     20: in that case, the basename of
                     21: .I file1
                     22: is appended.
                     23: .PP
                     24: For each group, legal responses are
                     25: .TP
                     26: .B <
                     27: to retain the `from' lines
                     28: .TP
                     29: .B >
                     30: to retain the `to' lines
                     31: .TP
                     32: .B e
                     33: to edit both sets of lines
                     34: .TP
                     35: .B d
                     36: to delete both sets
                     37: .TP
                     38: .B 1
                     39: to retain the rest of the `from' file
                     40: .TP
                     41: .B 2
                     42: to retain the rest of the `to' file
                     43: .TP
                     44: .B !
                     45: to invoke a shell command
                     46: .PP
                     47: Lines common to each file are copied verbatim.
                     48: Lines produced by this process,
                     49: including the lines written from within the editor,
                     50: are written to file
                     51: .IR idiff.out .
                     52: .SH FILES
                     53: .TF /tmp/idiff.*
                     54: .TP
                     55: .F idiff.out
                     56: .TP
                     57: .F idiff.*
                     58: .TP
                     59: .F /tmp/idiff.*
                     60: .SH SEE ALSO
                     61: .IR diff (1)
                     62: .SH BUGS
                     63: There is no way to revisit a choice.

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