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xxdiff
xxdiff is a graphical file and directories comparator and merge tool. It is comparable to the common diff
and diff3
but provides a useful GUI, some additional features and a detailed documentation.
xxdiff does not support comparing and editing files encoded with Unicode/UTF-8 (as per 2010-07-22, version 3.2)
Installation
Ubuntu
10.04 Lucid and above
Simply install the following package(s):
xxdiff
(universe)
There are some additional packages, providing special functionality:
xxdiff-scripts
(universe) – some helper scrips, mainly for CVS/SVN.
After installation, start it via xxdiff
. To compare 2/3 files, use:
xxdiff file1 file2 xxdiff file1 file2 file3