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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: [
                      8: .I option
                      9: ]
                     10: .I file1 file2
                     11: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     12: .I Idiff
                     13: compares
                     14: .I file1
                     15: with
                     16: .I file2
                     17: using
                     18: .IR diff ,
                     19: then presents each set of changed lines
                     20: for selection or processing.
                     21: .I File2
                     22: may be a directory;
                     23: in that case, the basename of
                     24: .I file1
                     25: is appended.
                     26: .PP
                     27: For each group, legal responses are
                     28: .TP
                     29: .B <
                     30: to retain the `from' lines
                     31: .TP
                     32: .B >
                     33: to retain the `to' lines
                     34: .TP
                     35: .B e
                     36: to edit both sets of lines
                     37: .TP
                     38: .B d
                     39: to delete both sets
                     40: .TP
                     41: .B 1
                     42: to retain the rest of the `from' file
                     43: .TP
                     44: .B 2
                     45: to retain the rest of the `to' file
                     46: .TP
                     47: .B !
                     48: to invoke a shell command
                     49: .PP
                     50: Lines that compare equal are copied verbatim from
                     51: .I file1.
                     52: Lines produced by this process,
                     53: including the lines written from within the editor,
                     54: are written to file
                     55: .IR idiff.out .
                     56: Comparison may be affected by the 
                     57: .IR diff (1)
                     58: options
                     59: .TP
                     60: .B -b
                     61: Ignore trailing blanks (spaces and tabs) and treat other
                     62: strings of blanks as if they were a single space. 
                     63: .TP
                     64: .B -B
                     65: Ignore all blanks.
                     66: .SH FILES
                     67: .TF /tmp/idiff.*
                     68: .TP
                     69: .F idiff.out
                     70: .TP
                     71: .F idiff.*
                     72: .TP
                     73: .F /tmp/idiff.*
                     74: .SH SEE ALSO
                     75: .IR diff (1)
                     76: .SH BUGS
                     77: There is no way to revisit a choice.

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