\unnumbchapentry {Overview}{1}
\chapentry {What Comparison Means}{1}{3}
\secentry {Hunks}{1}{1}{3}
\secentry {Suppressing Differences in Blank and Tab Spacing}{1}{2}{4}
\secentry {Suppressing Differences in Blank Lines}{1}{3}{4}
\secentry {Suppressing Case Differences}{1}{4}{5}
\secentry {Suppressing Lines Matching a Regular Expression}{1}{5}{5}
\secentry {Summarizing Which Files Differ}{1}{6}{5}
\secentry {Binary Files and Forcing Text Comparisons}{1}{7}{5}
\chapentry {\code {diff} Output Formats}{2}{7}
\secentry {Two Sample Input Files}{2}{1}{7}
\secentry {Showing Differences Without Context}{2}{2}{7}
\subsecentry {Detailed Description of Normal Format}{2}{2}{1}{8}
\subsecentry {An Example of Normal Format}{2}{2}{2}{8}
\secentry {Showing Differences in Their Context}{2}{3}{9}
\subsecentry {Context Format}{2}{3}{1}{9}
\subsubsecentry {Detailed Description of Context Format} {2}{3}{1}{1} {9}
\subsubsecentry {An Example of Context Format} {2}{3}{1}{2} {10}
\subsubsecentry {An Example of Context Format with Less Context} {2}{3}{1}{3} {11}
\subsecentry {Unified Format}{2}{3}{2}{11}
\subsubsecentry {Detailed Description of Unified Format} {2}{3}{2}{1} {11}
\subsubsecentry {An Example of Unified Format} {2}{3}{2}{2} {12}
\subsecentry {Showing Which Sections Differences Are in}{2}{3}{3}{12}
\subsubsecentry {Showing Lines That Match Regular Expressions} {2}{3}{3}{1} {12}
\subsubsecentry {Showing C Function Headings} {2}{3}{3}{2} {13}
\subsecentry {Showing Alternate File Names}{2}{3}{4}{13}
\secentry {Showing Differences Side by Side}{2}{4}{14}
\secentry {Controlling Side by Side Format}{2}{5}{14}
\subsecentry {An Example of Side by Side Format}{2}{5}{1}{15}
\secentry {Making Edit Scripts}{2}{6}{15}
\subsecentry {\code {ed} Scripts}{2}{6}{1}{15}
\subsubsecentry {Detailed Description of \code {ed} Format} {2}{6}{1}{1} {15}
\subsubsecentry {Example \code {ed} Script} {2}{6}{1}{2} {16}
\subsecentry {Forward \code {ed} Scripts}{2}{6}{2}{16}
\subsecentry {RCS Scripts}{2}{6}{3}{17}
\secentry {Merging Files with If-then-else}{2}{7}{17}
\subsecentry {Line Group Formats}{2}{7}{1}{18}
\subsecentry {Line Formats}{2}{7}{2}{20}
\subsecentry {Detailed Description of If-then-else Format}{2}{7}{3}{21}
\subsecentry {An Example of If-then-else Format}{2}{7}{4}{22}
\chapentry {Comparing Directories}{3}{25}
\chapentry {Making \code {diff} Output Prettier}{4}{27}
\secentry {Preserving Tabstop Alignment}{4}{1}{27}
\secentry {Paginating \code {diff} Output}{4}{2}{27}
\chapentry {\code {diff} Performance Tradeoffs}{5}{29}
\chapentry {Comparing Three Files}{6}{31}
\secentry {A Third Sample Input File}{6}{1}{31}
\secentry {Detailed Description of \code {diff3} Normal Format}{6}{2}{31}
\secentry {\code {diff3} Hunks}{6}{3}{32}
\secentry {An Example of \code {diff3} Normal Format}{6}{4}{32}
\chapentry {Merging From a Common Ancestor}{7}{35}
\secentry {Selecting Which Changes to Incorporate}{7}{1}{35}
\secentry {Marking Conflicts}{7}{2}{36}
\secentry {Generating the Merged Output Directly}{7}{3}{37}
\secentry {How \code {diff3} Merges Incomplete Lines}{7}{4}{38}
\secentry {Saving the Changed File}{7}{5}{38}
\chapentry {Interactive Merging with \code {sdiff}}{8}{39}
\secentry {Specifying \code {diff} Options to \code {sdiff}}{8}{1}{39}
\secentry {Merge Commands}{8}{2}{39}
\chapentry {Merging with \code {patch}}{9}{41}
\secentry {Selecting the \code {patch} Input Format}{9}{1}{41}
\secentry {Applying Imperfect Patches}{9}{2}{42}
\subsecentry {Applying Patches with Changed White Space}{9}{2}{1}{42}
\subsecentry {Applying Reversed Patches}{9}{2}{2}{42}
\subsecentry {Helping \code {patch} Find Inexact Matches}{9}{2}{3}{42}
\secentry {Removing Empty Files}{9}{3}{43}
\secentry {Multiple Patches in a File}{9}{4}{43}
\secentry {Messages and Questions from \code {patch}}{9}{5}{44}
\chapentry {Tips for Making Patch Distributions}{10}{45}
\chapentry {Invoking \code {cmp}}{11}{47}
\secentry {Options to \code {cmp}}{11}{1}{47}
\chapentry {Invoking \code {diff}}{12}{49}
\secentry {Options to \code {diff}}{12}{1}{49}
\chapentry {Invoking \code {diff3}}{13}{55}
\secentry {Options to \code {diff3}}{13}{1}{55}
\chapentry {Invoking \code {patch}}{14}{57}
\secentry {Applying Patches in Other Directories}{14}{1}{57}
\secentry {Backup File Names}{14}{2}{58}
\secentry {Reject File Names}{14}{3}{59}
\secentry {Options to \code {patch}}{14}{4}{59}
\chapentry {Invoking \code {sdiff}}{15}{63}
\secentry {Options to \code {sdiff}}{15}{1}{63}
\chapentry {Incomplete Lines}{16}{67}
\chapentry {Future Projects}{17}{69}
\secentry {Suggested Projects for Improving GNU \code {diff} and \code {patch}}{17}{1}{69}
\subsecentry {Handling Changes to the Directory Structure}{17}{1}{1}{69}
\subsecentry {Files that are Neither Directories Nor Regular Files}{17}{1}{2}{69}
\subsecentry {File Names that Contain Unusual Characters}{17}{1}{3}{69}
\subsecentry {Arbitrary Limits}{17}{1}{4}{70}
\subsecentry {Handling Files that Do Not Fit in Memory}{17}{1}{5}{70}
\subsecentry {Ignoring Certain Changes}{17}{1}{6}{70}
\secentry {Reporting Bugs}{17}{2}{70}
\unnumbchapentry {Concept Index}{71}

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