Next: , Previous: Top, Up: Top  1 Overview  wdiff is a front end
to diff for comparing files on a word per word basis. It works
by creating two temporary files, one word per line, and then
executes diff on these files. It collects the diff output and
uses it to produce a nicer display of word differences between
the original files.  mdiff studies one or more input files
altogether, and discovers blocks of items which repeat at more
than one place. Items may be lines, words, or units defined by
user. When in word mode, mdiff compares two files, finding which
words have been deleted or added to the first in order to create
the second, which is useful when two texts differ only by a few
words and paragraphs have been refilled. The program has many
output formats and interacts well with terminals and pagers
(notably with less).  unify is able to convert context diffs to
unidiff format, or the other way around. Some people just prefer
one format and despise the other, it is a religious issue. This
program brings p