2. diff Output Formats

diff has several mutually exclusive options for output format. The following sections describe each format, illustrating how diff reports the differences between two sample input files.

2.1 Two Sample Input Files		Sample diff input files for examples.
2.2 Showing Differences Without Context		Showing differences without surrounding text.
2.3 Showing Differences in Their Context		Showing differences with the surrounding text.
2.4 Showing Differences Side by Side		Showing differences in two columns.
2.5 Making Edit Scripts		Generating scripts for other programs.
2.6 Merging Files with If-then-else		Merging files with if-then-else.