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Using vimdiff

By Karunesh Johri • Updated: May 27, 2023

vimdiff works on two, three or four files, opens each file in a separate window and highlights the differences between the files. The files can be edited using the vim commands. vimdiff is a useful tool for finding the differences between different versions of a file and for resolving conflicts between file versions. vimdiff can …

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Using diff and patch commands

By Karunesh Johri • Updated: May 27, 2023

Quite often, we wish to know the differences between two versions of a file or a group of files, which may be organized in a directory tree. We wish to be sure that work done is as desired and no errors have been introduced inadvertently in the file(s). We can only do that by reviewing …

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