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From: "m@d m0nk" <th3madm0nk@gmail.com>
To: moss@cs.umass.edu
Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: diff --horizon-lines=lines
Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 08:12:48 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEbtD=wcfKOdBGS6m2+6NKyvf7PU4_Si6SYYi-Kh9HHYi4qizQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a95627e8-1ca6-3b8d-9d78-5d27a0edc7ba@cs.umass.edu>

Thanks EM.I did go through the post, I understood the concept/theory,
but I am unable to do a practical demo of it. Do you have a sample
file set for demo or can you suggest something?

On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 8:10 AM Eliot Moss <moss@cs.umass.edu> wrote:
>
> On 5/27/2020 10:27 PM, m@d m0nk via Cygwin wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I am trying to understand the practical use of "--horizon-lines=lines"
> > option in the diff utility.
> >
> > Can i get some pointers on two sample files which can demonstrate the
> > use of --horizon-lines=lines
> >
> > I understood the theory / definition from the info / man file.
> > However, I am unable to reproduce the scenario.
> >
> > Request some pointers.
>
> This stackexchange post may give some insight (it did for me):
>
> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/158097/diff-horizon-lines-lines-explained
>
> Regards - EM



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  reply	other threads:[~2020-05-28  2:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-05-28  2:27 m@d m0nk
2020-05-28  2:40 ` Eliot Moss
2020-05-28  2:42   ` m@d m0nk [this message]
2020-06-04 15:11     ` Brian Inglis

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