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1--- diffutils-3.6/doc/diffutils.texi.orig 2017-05-06 23:36:17.000000000 +0200
2+++ diffutils-3.6/doc/diffutils.texi 2017-06-08 18:40:24.143120198 +0200
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5 @c Debian install-info (up through at least version 1.9.20) uses only the
6 @c first dircategory. Put this one first, as it is more useful in practice.
7-@dircategory Individual utilities
64efbbaa 8+@dircategory File utilities:
efa0ec59 9 @direntry
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10-* cmp: (diffutils)Invoking cmp. Compare 2 files byte by byte.
11-* diff: (diffutils)Invoking diff. Compare 2 files line by line.
12-* diff3: (diffutils)Invoking diff3. Compare 3 files line by line.
13-* patch: (diffutils)Invoking patch. Apply a patch to a file.
14-* sdiff: (diffutils)Invoking sdiff. Merge 2 files side-by-side.
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15-@end direntry
16-
329c20b6 17-@dircategory Text creation and manipulation
efa0ec59 18-@direntry
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19-* Diffutils: (diffutils). Comparing and merging files.
20+* cmp: (diffutils)cmp. Compare 2 files byte by byte
21+* diff: (diffutils)diff. Compare 2 files line by line
22+* diff3: (diffutils)diff3. Compare 3 files line by line
23+* patch: (diffutils)patch. Apply a patch to a file
24+* sdiff: (diffutils)sdiff. Merge 2 files side-by-side
25+* Diffutils: (diffutils). Comparing and merging files
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26 @end direntry
27
64efbbaa 28 @titlepage
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29@@ -81,11 +77,11 @@
30 * Merging with patch:: Using @command{patch} to change old files into new ones.
31 * Making Patches:: Tips for making and using patch distributions.
32
33-* Invoking cmp:: Compare two files byte by byte.
34-* Invoking diff:: Compare two files line by line.
35-* Invoking diff3:: Compare three files line by line.
36-* Invoking patch:: Apply a diff file to an original.
37-* Invoking sdiff:: Side-by-side merge of file differences.
38+* cmp:: Compare two files byte by byte.
39+* diff:: Compare two files line by line.
40+* diff3:: Compare three files line by line.
41+* patch:: Apply a diff file to an original.
42+* sdiff:: Side-by-side merge of file differences.
43
31fe1895 44 * Standards conformance:: Conformance to the POSIX standard.
c3d60961 45 * Projects:: If you've found a bug or other shortcoming.
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47 the @option{-s}, @option{--quiet}, or @option{--silent} option to
48 suppress that information, so that @command{cmp}
49 produces no output and reports whether the files differ using only its
50-exit status (@pxref{Invoking cmp}).
51+exit status (@pxref{cmp}).
52
53 @c Fix this.
54 Unlike @command{diff}, @command{cmp} cannot compare directories; it can only
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c3d60961 56 option to show the values of each differing byte in the two files.
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57 With GNU @command{cmp}, you can also use the @option{-b} or
58 @option{--print-bytes} option to show the ASCII representation of
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59-those bytes. @xref{Invoking cmp}, for more information.
60+those bytes. @xref{cmp}, for more information.
61
62 If @command{diff3} thinks that any of the files it is comparing is binary
63 (a non-text file), it normally reports an error, because such
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65 on whether they are two-way or three-way, and lines are annotated by
66 their location in the input files.
67
68-@xref{Invoking diff3}, for more information on how to run @command{diff3}.
69+@xref{diff3}, for more information on how to run @command{diff3}.
70
71 @menu
72 * Sample diff3 Input:: Sample @command{diff3} input for examples.
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74 With @command{sdiff}, you can merge two files interactively based on a
75 side-by-side @option{-y} format comparison (@pxref{Side by Side}). Use
76 @option{--output=@var{file}} (@option{-o @var{file}}) to specify where to
77-put the merged text. @xref{Invoking sdiff}, for more details on the
78+put the merged text. @xref{sdiff}, for more details on the
79 options to @command{sdiff}.
80
81 Another way to merge files interactively is to use the Emacs Lisp
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83 normally replaces each file @var{f} with its new version, putting reject
84 hunks (if any) into @samp{@var{f}.rej}.
85
86-@xref{Invoking patch}, for detailed information on the options to
87+@xref{patch}, for detailed information on the options to
88 @command{patch}.
89
90 @menu
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92 lines for proper operation when patches do not exactly match the input
93 files.
94
95-@node Invoking cmp
96+@node cmp
97 @chapter Invoking @command{cmp}
98 @cindex invoking @command{cmp}
99 @cindex @command{cmp} invocation
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101 (@samp{Yi} is a GNU extension to IEC 60027-2.)
102 @end table
103
104-@node Invoking diff
105+@node diff
106 @chapter Invoking @command{diff}
107 @cindex invoking @command{diff}
108 @cindex @command{diff} invocation
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110 Ignore white space at line end. @xref{White Space}.
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111 @end table
112
113-@node Invoking diff3
114+@node diff3
115 @chapter Invoking @command{diff3}
116 @cindex invoking @command{diff3}
117 @cindex @command{diff3} invocation
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119 @xref{Which Changes}.
120 @end table
121
122-@node Invoking patch
123+@node patch
124 @chapter Invoking @command{patch}
125 @cindex invoking @command{patch}
126 @cindex @command{patch} invocation
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128
129 @end table
130
131-@node Invoking sdiff
132+@node sdiff
133 @chapter Invoking @command{sdiff}
134 @cindex invoking @command{sdiff}
135 @cindex @command{sdiff} invocation
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