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ACEDIFF(1) General Commands Manual ACEDIFF(1)

NAME

acediff - compute the difference between two ACE format files

SYNOPSIS

acediff [-d] oldfile newfile > diff

DESCRIPTION

acediff compares two ACE format text files and writes to standard output the ACE commands needed to transform the first file into the second one. Loading newfile into a given acedb database has the same effect as loading oldfile followed by loading diff.

OPTIONS

Debug mode: keep the intermediary files temp[ABC][12].

SEE ALSO

acediffsorted(1)

September 2026