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• ! output format: Context
• +- output format: Unified Format
• < output format: Normal
• <<<<<<< for marking conflicts: Marking Conflicts
• _POSIX2_VERSION: Standards conformance
• aligning tab stops: Tabs
• alternate file names: Alternate Names
• backup file names: Backup Names
• backup file strategy: Backups
• binary file diff: Binary
• blank and tab difference suppression: White Space
• blank line difference suppression: Blank Lines
• brief difference reports: Brief
• bug reports: Bugs
• C function headings: C Function Headings
• C if-then-else output format: If-then-else
• case difference suppression: Case Folding
• ClearCase: Revision Control
• cmp invocation: Invoking cmp
• cmp options: cmp Options
• columnar output: Side by Side
• common mistakes with patches: Avoiding Common Mistakes
• comparing three files: Comparing Three Files
• conflict: diff3 Merging
• conflict marking: Marking Conflicts
• context output format: Context
• creating files: Creating and Removing
• diagnostics from patch: patch Messages
• diff invocation: Invoking diff
• diff merging: Interactive Merging
• diff options: diff Options
• diff sample input: Sample diff Input
• diff3 hunks: diff3 Hunks
• diff3 invocation: Invoking diff3
• diff3 options: diff3 Options
• diff3 sample input: Sample diff3 Input
• directories and patch: patch Directories
• directory structure changes: Changing Structure
• dry runs for patch: Dry Runs
• ed script output format: ed Scripts
• EDITOR: Merge Commands
• empty files, removing: Creating and Removing
• exabyte, definition of: cmp Options
• exbibyte, definition of: cmp Options
• FDL, GNU Free Documentation License: GNU Free Documentation License
• file name alternates: Alternate Names
• file names with unusual characters: Unusual File Names
• format of diff output: Output Formats
• format of diff3 output: Comparing Three Files
• formats for if-then-else line groups: Line Group Formats
• forward ed script output format: Forward ed
• full lines: Incomplete Lines
• function headings, C: C Function Headings
• fuzz factor when patching: Inexact
• gibibyte, definition of: cmp Options
• gigabyte, definition of: cmp Options
• headings: Sections
• hunks: Hunks
• hunks for diff3: diff3 Hunks
• if-then-else output format: If-then-else
• ifdef output format: If-then-else
• imperfect patch application: Imperfect
• incomplete line merging: Merging Incomplete Lines
• incomplete lines: Incomplete Lines
• inexact patches: Inexact
• inhibit messages from patch: More or Fewer Messages
• interactive merging: Interactive Merging
• introduction: Comparison
• intuiting file names from patches: Multiple Patches
• invoking cmp: Invoking cmp
• invoking diff: Invoking diff
• invoking diff3: Invoking diff3
• invoking patch: Invoking patch
• invoking sdiff: Invoking sdiff
• keyboard input to patch: patch and Keyboard Input
• kibibyte, definition of: cmp Options
• kilobyte, definition of: cmp Options
• LC_COLLATE: Comparing Directories
• LC_NUMERIC: Line Group Formats
• LC_TIME: Detailed Context
• line formats: Line Formats
• line group formats: Line Group Formats
• mebibyte, definition of: cmp Options
• megabyte, definition of: cmp Options
• merge commands: Merge Commands
• merged diff3 format: Bypassing ed
• merged output format: If-then-else
• merging from a common ancestor: diff3 Merging
• merging interactively: Merge Commands
• messages from patch: patch Messages
• multibyte characters: Internationalization
• multiple patches: Multiple Patches
• newline treatment by diff: Incomplete Lines
• normal output format: Normal
• options for cmp: cmp Options
• options for diff: diff Options
• options for diff3: diff3 Options
• options for patch: patch Options
• options for sdiff: sdiff Options
• output formats: Output Formats
• overlap: diff3 Merging
• overlapping change, selection of: Which Changes
• overview of diff and patch: Overview
• paginating diff output: Pagination
• patch consumer tips: Tips for Patch Consumers
• patch input format: patch Input
• patch invocation: Invoking patch
• patch messages and questions: patch Messages
• patch options: patch Options
• patch producer tips: Tips for Patch Producers
• patch, common mistakes: Avoiding Common Mistakes
• PATCH_GET: Revision Control
• PATCH_VERSION_CONTROL: Backup Names
• patches, shrinking: Generating Smaller Patches
• patching directories: patch Directories
• pebibyte, definition of: cmp Options
• performance of diff: diff Performance
• petabyte, definition of: cmp Options
• POSIX: Standards conformance, patch and POSIX
• POSIXLY_CORRECT: Standards conformance, patch and POSIX
• projects for directories: Shortcomings
• quoting style: patch Quoting Style
• QUOTING_STYLE: patch Quoting Style
• RCS: Revision Control
• RCS script output format: RCS
• regular expression matching headings: Specified Headings
• regular expression suppression: Specified Folding
• reject file names: Reject Names
• removing empty files: Creating and Removing
• reporting bugs: Bugs
• reversed patches: Reversed Patches
• revision control: Revision Control
• sample input for diff: Sample diff Input
• sample input for diff3: Sample diff3 Input
• SCCS: Revision Control
• script output formats: Scripts
• sdiff invocation: Invoking sdiff
• sdiff options: sdiff Options
• sdiff output format: sdiff Option Summary
• section headings: Sections
• side by side: Side by Side
• side by side format: Side by Side Format
• SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX: Backup Names
• special files: Special Files
• specified headings: Specified Headings
• summarizing which files differ: Brief
• System V diff3 compatibility: Saving the Changed File
• tab and blank difference suppression: White Space
• tab stop alignment: Tabs
• tebibyte, definition of: cmp Options
• terabyte, definition of: cmp Options
• testing patch: Dry Runs
• text versus binary diff: Binary
• time stamp format, context diffs: Detailed Context
• time stamp format, unified diffs: Detailed Unified
• time stamps on patched files: Patching Time Stamps
• traditional patch: patch and Tradition
• two-column output: Side by Side
• unified output format: Unified Format
• unmerged change: Which Changes
• varying-width characters: Internationalization
• verbose messages from patch: More or Fewer Messages
• version control: Revision Control
• VERSION_CONTROL: Backup Names, Revision Control
• white space in patches: Changed White Space
• yottabyte, definition of: cmp Options
• zettabyte, definition of: cmp Options