GNU Diffutils
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GNU Diffutils is a collection of GNU utilities for comparing files and directories, most notably providing the standard `diff` and `cmp` tools used on Unix-like systems.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GNU Diffutils canonical | 5 |
| GNU diffutils | 2 |
| GNU Diffutils manual | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
GNU package
ⓘ
free software ⓘ software package ⓘ |
| category |
GNU userland
ⓘ
surface form:
GNU utilities
command-line tools ⓘ |
| developer |
Free Software Foundation
ⓘ
GNU Project ⓘ |
| distribution | GNU core software ecosystem ⓘ |
| distributionModel |
precompiled binaries in many Unix-like distributions
ⓘ
source code ⓘ |
| genre |
file comparison tool
ⓘ
text comparison tool ⓘ |
| implements |
POSIX diff utility behavior
ⓘ
standard Unix diff functionality ⓘ |
| includesUtility |
cmp
ⓘ
diff ⓘ diff3 ⓘ sdiff ⓘ |
| influenced | file comparison tools in many Unix-like systems ⓘ |
| interface | command-line interface ⓘ |
| license |
GNU General Public License
ⓘ
GNU General Public License ⓘ
surface form:
GPL
|
| maintainer | GNU Project ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
BSD
ⓘ
GNU Project ⓘ
surface form:
GNU
Linux ⓘ Unix-like systems ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| partOf |
GNU userland
ⓘ
surface form:
GNU operating system
typical Unix-like userland ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
binary file comparison
ⓘ
context diffs ⓘ normal diffs ⓘ recursive directory comparison ⓘ side-by-side comparison ⓘ three-way merge ⓘ unified diffs ⓘ |
| supportsFormat |
context diff format
ⓘ
ed script diff format ⓘ unified diff format ⓘ |
| usedFor |
comparing directories
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comparing files ⓘ generating patches ⓘ source code comparison ⓘ |
| website | https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/ ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
GNU diffutils
this entity surface form:
GNU Diffutils manual