Compare Files in Linux | How to Use the diff Command

[@LinXnerd]

That beard and mustache is a good fit for you. 👍 And thanks for bringing the 'diff' command up. I forgot about it. Now I don't have to download a UI version to check file differences. Isn't it grand that Linux keeps everything in a file!? 😎

[@user-dv4rq3qk3d]

Good video 👍

[@theeightbithero]

oh my gosh! someone who actually speaks English!

[@GergelyCsermely]

Thanks

[@LinXnerd]

Oooo...I found diff3, which can compare 3 files at once. 🤓

[@send2gl]

Useful, not one I've used before. But have heard of it.

[@LinXnerd]

Do diff3 next...
diff3! diff3! diff3! ✊

[@omeninomaluquinhodognulinu9937]

I liked 👍

[@baruchben-david4196]

I've always wondered how to use that...

[@baruchben-david4196]

Just wondering... I checked the man pages, and find that diff --color will also yield a colored output. Is there any advantage to using colordiff?

[@LinXnerd]

I think that colordiff might be a little more "personalized". We'll have to test them to see the differences. I see that there is quite a bit of perl code in that colordiff file...

[@AkamaiDeveloper]

Based on this StackExchange post, --color and colordiff affected files for certain users differently. Not sure if this is still the case but at some point there was a difference.
unix.stackexchange.com/questions/196565/how-to-color-diff-output

[@norseironworks]

20 yrs ago I remember that I had two very large .doc files that should be the same. I used some commnd to merge the two files to a new .doc. file. I can´t remember how I did it. Maybe topic for next video?

[@AkamaiDeveloper]

You can use the cat command to merge files. Jay's got a video that covers it on his other channel here:
th-cam.com/video/z3nJlyrJYW4/w-d-xo.html