From: Eliot Moss <moss@cs.umass.edu>
To: "m@d m0nk" <th3madm0nk@gmail.com>, cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: diff --horizon-lines=lines
Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 22:40:07 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a95627e8-1ca6-3b8d-9d78-5d27a0edc7ba@cs.umass.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEbtD=y4eFF6vNqP7UDVRJjmumm-50GSg0dG-cAcsCMBVkQZ_g@mail.gmail.com>
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-28 2:40 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 [this message]
2020-05-28 2:42 ` m@d m0nk
2020-06-04 15:11 ` Brian Inglis
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