9.3.1 Invoking pdiff

pdiff [options] file-1 file-2 [-- -options]

make a pretty comparison between file-1 and file-2. -options are passed to a2ps.

Supported options are:

Option: -h ¶

Option: --help ¶

print a short help message and exit successfully.

Option: -V ¶

Option: --version ¶

report the version and exit successfully.

Option: -q ¶

Option: --quiet ¶

Option: --silent ¶

Run silently.

Option: -D ¶

Option: --debug ¶

enter in debug mode.

Option: -w ¶

Option: --words ¶

Look for words differences (default). White space differences are not considered.

Option: -l ¶

Option: --lines ¶

Look for lines differences.

It is possible to give options to a2ps (see Command line options) by specifying them after ‘--’. For instance

pdiff COPYING COPYING.LIB -- -1 -P display

Compares the files COPYING and COPYING.LIB, and prints it on the printer display (usually Ghostview or gv).