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KDIFF3(1) KDiff3 User's Manual KDIFF3(1)

NAME

kdiff3 - Tool for Comparison and Merge of Files and Directories

SYNOPSIS

kdiff3 [-u, --ignore] [--query] [--html] [--abort] [-m, --merge] [-b, --base file] [-o, --output file] [--out file] [--auto] [--qall] [--L1 alias1] [--L2 alias2] [--L3 alias3] [-L, --fname alias] [--cs string] [--confighelp] [--config file] [File1] [File2] [File3]

DESCRIPTION

Compares two or three input files or directories.

OPTIONS

-u, --ignore

Ignored. (User defined.)

--query

Ignored. (User defined.)

--html

Ignored. (User defined.)

--abort

Ignored. (User defined.)

-m, --merge

Merge the input.

-b, --base file

Explicit base file. For compatibility with certain tools.

-o, --output file

Output file. Implies -m. e.g.: -o newfile.txt

--out file

Output file, again. (For compatibility with certain tools.)

--auto

No GUI if all conflicts are auto-solvable. (Needs -o file)

--qall

Don't solve conflicts automatically.

--L1 alias1

Visible name replacement for input file 1 (base).

--L2 alias2

Visible name replacement for input file 2.

--L3 alias3

Visible name replacement for input file 3.

-L, --fname alias

Alternative visible name replacement. Supply this once for every input.

--cs string

Override a config setting. Use once for every setting. e.g.: --cs AutoAdvance=1.

--confighelp

Show list of config settings and current values.

--config file

Use a different config file.

File1

file1 to open (base, if not specified via --base)

File2

file2 to open

File3

file3 to open

SEE ALSO

More detailed user documentation is available from help:/kdiff3 (either enter this URL into Konqueror, or run khelpcenter help:/kdiff3).
kf5options(7)
qt5options(7)

AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Burkhard Lück <lueck@hube-lueck.de>.

AUTHOR

Burkhard Lueck <lueck@hube-lueck.de>

KDiff3 man page.
2019-02-22 kdiff3 1.8