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Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without

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On 2025-08-23 14:22, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
> Le 19-08-2025, Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> a écrit :
>> On 2025-08-16 20:28, Rich wrote:
>>> Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> wrote:
>>>> I never use "diff". I really don't like the way it's displayed. I'm using
>>>> "vimdiff" or "nvim -d" a lot, because at the same time it's easier to
>>>> see what I want and it's easier to make the right changes.
>>>
>>> diff's default output is an 'ed script' which is not very human
>>> readable at all.
>>>
>>> The unified output (-u option) provides a 'diff' view that is much more
>>> ameniable to being understood by humans.
>>>
>>
>> diff --side-by-side --suppress-common-lines --ignore-space-change \
>>      $1 $2 | less -S
> 
> I'm still not convinced. OK, it's a little bit better to read than the
> default. But it's still very poor compared with vimdiff/nvim -d. And,
> unlike vim/neovim, it's still useless to report some change in a file to
> another file.
> 
>> But lately what I use is "meld".
> 
> OK, I looked at it a little bit, it's the same information level than
> vimdiff/nvim -v. But it looks more mouse driven than keyboard driven and
> I'd have to learn something new.
> 

In my notes I have:

utils diff
         kdiff3
         tkdiff *
         fldiff
         meld - very good comparison editor



-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-19 12:06 +0200
  Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-20 00:50 +0000
    Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-20 12:20 +0200
      Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-20 22:16 +0000
  Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-08-23 12:22 +0000
    Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-24 00:38 +0200
      Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-08-24 11:15 +0000
        Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-24 22:44 +0200
        Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-24 22:16 +0000

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