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Package: diffutils (1:2.8.7-0.1) [essential]

Experimental package

Warning: This package is from the experimental distribution. That means it is likely unstable or buggy, and it may even cause data loss. Please be sure to consult the changelog and other possible documentation before using it.

File comparison utilities

The diffutils package provides the diff, diff3, sdiff, and cmp programs.

`diff' shows differences between two files, or each corresponding file in two directories. `cmp' shows the offsets and line numbers where two files differ. `cmp' can also show all the characters that differ between the two files, side by side. `diff3' shows differences among three files. `sdiff' merges two files interactively.

The set of differences produced by `diff' can be used to distribute updates to text files (such as program source code) to other people. This method is especially useful when the differences are small compared to the complete files. Given `diff' output, the `patch' program can update, or "patch", a copy of the file.

Other Packages Related to diffutils

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  • dep: libc0.1 (>= 2.3) [kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc0.1-udeb
  • dep: libc0.3 (>= 2.9) [hurd-i386]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc0.3-udeb
  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.3) [amd64, hppa]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.4) [armel, powerpc, s390]
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.6) [sparc]
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) [i386]
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.3) [ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
    dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.4) [alpha]
  • dep: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.4.0) [armel]
    GCC support library

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Download for all available architectures
Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha 251.1 kB1088 kB [list of files]
amd64 242.2 kB1056 kB [list of files]
armel 238.5 kB1040 kB [list of files]
hppa 249.7 kB1060 kB [list of files]
hurd-i386 238.7 kB1040 kB [list of files]
i386 238.0 kB1040 kB [list of files]
ia64 280.5 kB1188 kB [list of files]
kfreebsd-amd64 243.4 kB904 kB [list of files]
kfreebsd-i386 238.6 kB888 kB [list of files]
powerpc 245.9 kB1056 kB [list of files]
s390 250.3 kB1060 kB [list of files]
sparc 238.7 kB1048 kB [list of files]