pdiff(1)

pdiff1

Produce a pretty comparison between files

Usage

pdiff FILE1 FILE2 [-- A2PS-OPTIONS ...]

Overview

Pretty print the differences between FILE1 and FILE2.

Options

-h, --help

display this help and exit

-v, --version

display version information and exit

-q, --quiet

don't print informational messages

-l, --lines

search for line differences (`diff')

-w, --words

search for word differences (`wdiff')

-o, --output=FILE

save the output in FILE

Options for a2ps are given after `--', for instance

$ pdiff COPYING COPYING.LIB -- -Pdisplay

News, updates and documentation: https://www.gnu.org/software/a2ps/

Releases

16 releases since Debian 2.0 (Hamm); the text changed 12 times.

  1. 2.0
  2. 2.1
  3. 2.2–3.0
  4. 3.1
  5. 4.0
  6. 5.0
  7. 6.0–8
  8. 9
  9. 10
  10. 11
  11. 12
  12. 13
  13. Arch

--help since Debian 2.2 (Potato); --lines since Debian 2.2 (Potato); --output since Debian 2.2 (Potato); --quiet since Debian 2.2 (Potato); --version since Debian 2.2 (Potato); --words since Debian 2.2 (Potato); -h since Debian 2.2 (Potato); -l since Debian 2.2 (Potato); -o since Debian 2.2 (Potato); -q since Debian 2.2 (Potato); -v since Debian 2.2 (Potato); -w since Debian 2.2 (Potato).

Author

Written by Akim Demaille.

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.

From a2ps 4.15.8-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.