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`diff' Output Formats
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   `diff' has several mutually exclusive options for output format.
The following sections describe each format, illustrating how `diff'
reports the differences between two sample input files.

* Menu:

* Sample diff Input 	Sample `diff' input files for examples.
* Normal 		Showing differences without surrounding text.
* Context 		Showing differences with the surrounding text.
* Side by Side         Showing differences in two columns.
* Scripts 		Generating scripts for other programs.
* If-then-else 	Merging files with if-then-else.