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.TH DIFF3 "1" "April 2004" "diffutils 2.8.7" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
diff3 \- compare three files line by line
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B diff3
[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIMYFILE OLDFILE YOURFILE\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
Compare three files line by line.
.TP
\fB\-e\fR  \fB\-\-ed\fR
Output unmerged changes from OLDFILE to YOURFILE into MYFILE.
.TP
\fB\-E\fR  \fB\-\-show\-overlap\fR
Output unmerged changes, bracketing conflicts.
.TP
\fB\-A\fR  \fB\-\-show\-all\fR
Output all changes, bracketing conflicts.
.TP
\fB\-x\fR  \fB\-\-overlap\-only\fR
Output overlapping changes.
.TP
\fB\-X\fR
Output overlapping changes, bracketing them.
.TP
\fB\-3\fR  \fB\-\-easy\-only\fR
Output unmerged nonoverlapping changes.
.TP
\fB\-m\fR  \fB\-\-merge\fR
Output merged file instead of ed script (default \fB\-A\fR).
.TP
\fB\-L\fR LABEL  \fB\-\-label\fR=\fILABEL\fR
Use LABEL instead of file name.
.TP
\fB\-i\fR
Append `w' and `q' commands to ed scripts.
.TP
\fB\-a\fR  \fB\-\-text\fR
Treat all files as text.
.TP
\fB\-\-strip\-trailing\-cr\fR
Strip trailing carriage return on input.
.TP
\fB\-T\fR  \fB\-\-initial\-tab\fR
Make tabs line up by prepending a tab.
.TP
\fB\-\-diff\-program\fR=\fIPROGRAM\fR
Use PROGRAM to compare files.
.TP
\fB\-v\fR  \fB\-\-version\fR
Output version info.
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
Output this help.
.PP
If a FILE is `-', read standard input.
Exit status is 0 if successful, 1 if conflicts, 2 if trouble.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Randy Smith.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B diff3
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B diff3
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info diff
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.