colordiff

The Perl script colordiff is a wrapper for 'diff' and produces the same output but with pretty 'syntax' highlighting.

Runs as colordiff|macOS, Linux, Windows|www.colordiff.org

Command form

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Run colordiff on two files, which wraps diff and colours its output. Other options are passed through to diff and are not modelled here; use `diff ... | colordiff` for piped input.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui colordiff

Compare two files in colourExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Old file*

file

New file*

file

Diff format

6 choicesenum

Advanced

Colour output

2 choicesenum

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Compare two files

old_filenew_filedifftypecolor

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Colour output

Force or suppress colour codes.
enum

--coloryesno

Colour only in a terminal

boolean

--color-term-output-only

Diff format

Force the diff format instead of auto-detecting it.
enum

--difftypediffdiffcdiffudiffydebdiffwdiff

Always exit 0

Force the exit code to zero instead of diff's exit code.
boolean

--fakeexitcode

Old file

path · positional 0

New file

path · positional 1

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

help

colordiff will send most options through to diff, but there are various colordiff-specific options which can be used: --help --color=(yes|no) Force (or suppress) display of colours in output --color-term-output-only Force colour to only appear in terminal output --difftype=DIFFTYPE Force difftype detection to specified format. DIFFTYPE can be: diff, diffc, d…

manualdebian unstable

manpages.debian.org

Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed colordiff against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.