The diff/sdiff command¶

This command is used to display the differences in the files by comparing the files line by line.

Syntax:¶

diff [options] File1 File2

Example¶

1. Lets say we have two files with names a.txt and b.txt containing 5 Indian states as follows-: ``` $ cat a.txt Gujarat Uttar Pradesh Kolkata Bihar Jammu and Kashmir

$ cat b.txt Tamil Nadu Gujarat Andhra Pradesh Bihar Uttar pradesh

On typing the diff command we will get below output. $ diff a.txt b.txt 0a1

Tamil Nadu 2,3c3 < Uttar Pradesh Andhra Pradesh 5c5 Uttar pradesh ```

Flags and their Functionalities¶