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\paragraph{Description}
\indentpar \raggedright \textrm{Compares two files and returns a list of their differences.}\\

\paragraph{Usage}
\indentpar diff \textit{file file2}

\paragraph{Arguments}
\indentpar \argumentline{file}{one of the files to be compared}\\
\indentpar \argumentline{file2}{the other file to be compared}

\paragraph{Output}
\indentpar \textrm{For each line in the files that differ, first the line from \texttt{file} and then the line from \texttt{file2} is printed to standard output.}

\paragraph{Useful options}
\indentpar \optionline{-b}{ignore changes in whitespace}\\
\indentpar \optionline{-i}{ignore changes in case}\\
\indentpar \optionline{-q}{output only whether files differ}\\
\indentpar \optionline{-s}{state if \texttt{file} == \texttt{file2}}\\
\indentpar \optionline{-y}{print output side-by-side}


\paragraph{Examples}

\indentpar diff file.txt file2.txt\\
\indentpar diff -s -y file.txt file2.txt

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