Index: head/usr.bin/diff/diff.1 =================================================================== --- head/usr.bin/diff/diff.1 +++ head/usr.bin/diff/diff.1 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" @(#)diff.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/30/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 1, 2020 +.Dd June 19, 2020 .Dt DIFF 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -277,8 +277,7 @@ .Fl e , but in the opposite order and with a count of changed lines on each insert or delete command. -This is the form used by -.Xr rcsdiff 1 . +This is the form used by rcsdiff. .It Fl q -brief Just print a line when the files differ. Does not output a list of changes. @@ -613,6 +612,49 @@ .It >1 An error occurred. .El +.Sh EXAMPLES +Compare +.Pa old_dir +and +.Pa new_dir +recursively generating an unified diff and treating files found only in one +of those directories as new files: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +$ diff -ruN /path/to/old_dir /path/to/new_dir +.Ed +.Pp +Same as above but excluding files matching the expressions +.Dq *.h +and +.Dq *.c : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +$ diff -ruN -x '*.h' -x '*.c' /path/to/old_dir /path/to/new_dir +.Ed +.Pp +Show a single line indicating if the files differ: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +$ diff -q /boot/loader.conf /boot/defaults/loader.conf +Files /boot/loader.conf and /boot/defaults/loader.conf differ +.Ed +.Pp +Assuming a file named +.Pa example.txt +with the following contents: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +FreeBSD is an operating system +Linux is a kernel +OpenBSD is an operating system +.Ed +.Pp +Compare stdin with +.Pa example.txt +excluding from the comparison those lines containing either +.Qq Linux +or +.Qq Open : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +$ echo "FreeBSD is an operating system" | diff -q -I 'Linux|Open' example.txt - +.Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr cmp 1 , .Xr comm 1 ,