TWDIFF

NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

TextWrangler is a freeware text editor from Bare Bones Software.  

OPTIONS

Use ``--'' to end switch parsing. For example, to find differences between a file named ``-a'' and a file named ``-z'', use:

        twdiff -- -a -z

--case-sensitive

Equivalent to the ``Case Sensitive'' option in the dialog. If you use this option, the comparison will be performed with case sensitivity on.

--flatten-folders

Equivalent to the ``Flatten Hierarchies'' option in the dialog. If you use this option, TextWrangler considers the files in the folders as a single flat list, allowing a file in one folder to match a file of the same name in the other folder, regardless of whether they are in the same subfolder in both hierarchies.

--help

Display a basic help line with a summary of the available options.

--ignore-curly-quotes

Equivalent to the ``Ignore Curly Quotes'' option in the dialog. If you use this option, straight quotes and curly (typographer's) quotes will be considered identical for purposes of comparison.

--ignore-extra-spaces

Equivalent to the ``Ignore Spaces: Runs'' option in the dialog. If you use this option, whitespace runs of any length will be considered identical for purposes of comparison.

--ignore-leading-spaces

Equivalent to the ``Ignore Spaces: Leading'' option in the dialog. If you use this option, whitespace runs of any length at the beginning of a line will be considered identical for purposes of comparison.

--ignore-trailing-spaces

Equivalent to the ``Ignore Spaces: Leading'' option in the dialog. If you use this option, whitespace runs of any length at the end of a line will be considered identical for purposes of comparison.

--resume

Used in combination with --wait, this switch will cause the application which was frontmost when the twdiff tool was invoked to be made frontmost again once you close the files specified on the command line.

--short-version

Display the short-form version number of the twdiff command line tool.

--show-identical-files

Equivalent to the ``List Identical Files'' option in the dialog (for folder comparisons). If you use this option, TextWrangler will list all common files in the compared folders regardless of their differences state. Otherwise, TextWrangler will list only files for which there are changes (paired files having differences) in the set of items that appear in both folders.

--skip-shielded-folders

Equivalent to the ``Skip (...) Folders'' option in the dialog (for folder comparisons). If you use this option, TextWrangler will ignore all files contained in folders whose names are enclosed in parentheses when performing the comparison.

--text-files-only

Equivalent to the ``Only List Text Files'' option in the dialog (for folder comparisons). If you use this option, TextWrangler will compare only files which it considers to be text files when performing the comparison. Otherwise, TextWrangler will compare all files present in the chosen folders.

TextWrangler will consider a file to be a text file if it has a type of ``TEXT'' (or other well-known text type), or, if the file is typeless, according to the option chosen for ``If a File's Type is Unknown'' in the Text Files: Opening panel of the Preferences window.

--version

Display the current version number of the twdiff command line tool and the TextWrangler application.

--wait

Wait until the file is closed in TextWrangler. Normally, the twdiff tool exits immediately after the specified files or folders are opened in TextWrangler. The --wait switch allows the twdiff tool to be used as an external differences engine for Unix tools that support such an option, by not returning back to the calling tool in the Terminal until the editing session is over.

AUTHORS

 Bare Bones Software, Inc.
 Web site: http://www.barebones.com/
 Email: support@barebones.com

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