difft Command Examples
Compare files or directories based on the syntax of the programming language. See also:
delta,diff. More information: https://difftastic.wilfred.me.uk/introduction.html.
- Compare two files or directories:
difft {{path/to/file_or_directory1}} {{path/to/file_or_directory2}}
- Only report the presence of differences between the files:
difft --check-only {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}
- Specify the display mode (default is
side-by-side):
difft --display {{side-by-side|side-by-side-show-both|inline|json}} {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}
- Ignore comments when comparing:
difft --ignore-comments {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}
- Enable/Disable syntax highlighting of source code (default is
on):
difft --syntax-highlight {{on|off}} {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}
- Do not output anything at all if there are no differences between files:
difft --skip-unchanged {{path/to/file_or_directory1}} {{path/to/file_or_directory2}}
- Print all programming languages supported by the tool, along with their extensions:
difft --list-languages