Comparing Text Files

diff

Compare (two) files line by line.

patch

Apply a diff file to an original.

zdiff

Compare gzip compressed files.

bzdiff

Compare bzip2 compressed files.

diff3

Compare three files line by line.

pdiff

Produce a pretty comparison between files.

diffpp

Pretty-print diff outputs with GNU enscript.

wdiff

Display word differences between text files.

sdiff

Side-by-side merge of file differences.

comm

Compare two sorted files line by line.