10.25. Diffutils-2.8.7

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# 10.25. Diffutils-2.8.7

The Diffutils package contains programs that show the differences between files or directories.

## 10.25.1. Installation of Diffutils

Prepare Diffutils for compilation:

    ./configure --prefix=/usr

Compile the package:

    make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Install the package:

    make install

## 10.25.2. Contents of Diffutils

Installed programs: cmp, diff, diff3, and sdiff

### Short Descriptions

cmp | Compares two files and reports whether or in which bytes they differ
diff | Compares two files or directories and reports which lines in the files differ
diff3 | Compares three files line by line
sdiff | Merges two files and interactively outputs the results

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