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From: Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP>
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Subject: GNU diff command, was: Re: Fun trick
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 13:11:36 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-01-13, Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> On 1/9/2025 8:01 AM, hb0815 wrote:
>> 
>> $ gdiff -ub lib.pas-orig lib.pas
>
>> $ gdiff -ub lib.for-orig lib.for
>
> For those that do not speak diffish:
>

Then those people would benefit from learning it IMHO.

It is far, far, superior to VMS DIFF, especially in the unified diff format
used in the above command. If the licence allows it, then it would be an
excellent addition to standard VMS, maybe invoked as a new qualifier on the
VMS DIFF command.

Simon.

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