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authorGiorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-11 21:11:26 +0000
committerGiorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-11 21:11:26 +0000
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Add note about the info documentation of diff(1).
It contains a detailed description of the =format option part. PR: docs/36464 Submitted by: Gary W. Swearingen <swear@blarg.net>
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=99815
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@@ -141,6 +141,10 @@ Use
.I format
to output a line group containing differing lines from
both files in if-then-else format.
+For more details on what can be specified in the
+.I format
+string, consult the info documentation of
+.I diff .
.TP
.B \-d
Change the algorithm to perhaps find a smaller set of changes. This makes