tlug: Horizontal diff?

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "FB" == =?iso-2022-jp?B?GyRCJVUlaSVzJS8kWSVNJUMlSBsoQg==?=  <Frank> writes:

    FB> I've come up against an odd problem, maybe someone can help.
    FB> I have a bunch of files, in two sets, with text stored in very
    FB> long lines.  The two sets match line for line, with small
    FB> differences here and there in the content of (otherwise
    FB> identical) lines.

diff -y

I think this autowraps lines....

diff <(pr -t -T file1) <(pr -t -T file2)

That will probably cost you the context you need though.

There's a package called xdelta which is supposed to be better than
diffutils for binaries (it's actually a library for a revision control
system, IIRC).  If it can handle binaries and formatted text, maybe it
would do the job for you.

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