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diff (version 3.7+galaxy0)
Generates an HTML report to visualize the differences
Displays the differences in the report using the selected format. Either line by line or side by side.

Purpose

The diff utility is a data comparison tool that calculates and displays the differences between two files.

Unlike edit distance notions used for other purposes, diff is line-oriented rather than character-oriented, but it is like Levenshtein distance in that it tries to determine the smallest set of deletions and insertions to create one file from the other.

The diff command displays the changes made in a standard format, such that both humans and machines can understand the changes and apply them: given one file and the changes, the other file can be created.

Input

Two text files to be checked for differences line by line.

Output

A text file, either:

An optional HTML report with a friendlier visual representation of the differences.