diff showing only differences inside line
I want to compare lines in two files, but to minimize noise in the output, I want only the actual differences in the lines to be printed.
For instance, given the two files below:
a.txt
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
b.txt
a Ь c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
I want the output to be something like:
[-b-]{+Ь+}
Currently, the best approach I found was to use git diff --word-diff, but it outputs the whole line:
a [-b-]{+Ь+} c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Is there a more direct way to do it, other than manually parsing the output? Also, ideally I would prefer to use something more commonly available than git diff, e.g. a POSIX shell tool that would not require the user to install extra packages.
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I want to compare lines in two files, but to minimize noise in the output, I want only the actual differences in the lines to be printed.
For instance, given the two files below:
a.txt
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
b.txt
a Ь c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
I want the output to be something like:
[-b-]{+Ь+}
Currently, the best approach I found was to use git diff --word-diff, but it outputs the whole line:
a [-b-]{+Ь+} c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Is there a more direct way to do it, other than manually parsing the output? Also, ideally I would prefer to use something more commonly available than git diff, e.g. a POSIX shell tool that would not require the user to install extra packages.
shell-script diff
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I want to compare lines in two files, but to minimize noise in the output, I want only the actual differences in the lines to be printed.
For instance, given the two files below:
a.txt
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
b.txt
a Ь c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
I want the output to be something like:
[-b-]{+Ь+}
Currently, the best approach I found was to use git diff --word-diff, but it outputs the whole line:
a [-b-]{+Ь+} c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Is there a more direct way to do it, other than manually parsing the output? Also, ideally I would prefer to use something more commonly available than git diff, e.g. a POSIX shell tool that would not require the user to install extra packages.
shell-script diff
asked 1 hour ago
anolanol
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I want to compare lines in two files, but to minimize noise in the output, I want only the actual differences in the lines to be printed.
For instance, given the two files below:
a.txt
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
b.txt
a Ь c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
I want the output to be something like:
[-b-]{+Ь+}
Currently, the best approach I found was to use git diff --word-diff, but it outputs the whole line:
a [-b-]{+Ь+} c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Is there a more direct way to do it, other than manually parsing the output? Also, ideally I would prefer to use something more commonly available than git diff, e.g. a POSIX shell tool that would not require the user to install extra packages.
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Using wdiff:
$ wdiff -3 a.txt b.txt
======================================================================
[-b-] {+Ь+}
======================================================================
The -3 or ---no-common option will remove words that are common between the two files and only show the differences.
The ===... banner (and empty lines) may be removed with grep:
$ wdiff -3 a.txt b.txt | grep -vx '=*'
[-b-] {+Ь+}
wdiff may also read unified diff data if you give it the -d or --diff-input option, for example from git:
git diff somefile | wdiff -d -3
Although wdiff is not a POSIX tool, it is commonly available.
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Using wdiff:
$ wdiff -3 a.txt b.txt
======================================================================
[-b-] {+Ь+}
======================================================================
The -3 or ---no-common option will remove words that are common between the two files and only show the differences.
The ===... banner (and empty lines) may be removed with grep:
$ wdiff -3 a.txt b.txt | grep -vx '=*'
[-b-] {+Ь+}
wdiff may also read unified diff data if you give it the -d or --diff-input option, for example from git:
git diff somefile | wdiff -d -3
Although wdiff is not a POSIX tool, it is commonly available.
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Using wdiff:
$ wdiff -3 a.txt b.txt
======================================================================
[-b-] {+Ь+}
======================================================================
The -3 or ---no-common option will remove words that are common between the two files and only show the differences.
The ===... banner (and empty lines) may be removed with grep:
$ wdiff -3 a.txt b.txt | grep -vx '=*'
[-b-] {+Ь+}
wdiff may also read unified diff data if you give it the -d or --diff-input option, for example from git:
git diff somefile | wdiff -d -3
Although wdiff is not a POSIX tool, it is commonly available.
answered 51 mins ago
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Using wdiff:
$ wdiff -3 a.txt b.txt
======================================================================
[-b-] {+Ь+}
======================================================================
The -3 or ---no-common option will remove words that are common between the two files and only show the differences.
The ===... banner (and empty lines) may be removed with grep:
$ wdiff -3 a.txt b.txt | grep -vx '=*'
[-b-] {+Ь+}
wdiff may also read unified diff data if you give it the -d or --diff-input option, for example from git:
git diff somefile | wdiff -d -3
Although wdiff is not a POSIX tool, it is commonly available.
answered 51 mins ago
KusalanandaKusalananda
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Using wdiff:
$ wdiff -3 a.txt b.txt
======================================================================
[-b-] {+Ь+}
======================================================================
The -3 or ---no-common option will remove words that are common between the two files and only show the differences.
The ===... banner (and empty lines) may be removed with grep:
$ wdiff -3 a.txt b.txt | grep -vx '=*'
[-b-] {+Ь+}
wdiff may also read unified diff data if you give it the -d or --diff-input option, for example from git:
git diff somefile | wdiff -d -3
Although wdiff is not a POSIX tool, it is commonly available.
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