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--- slackware:cdiff [2011/01/23 14:21] – slack
+++ slackware:cdiff [2019/11/07 17:58] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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-Paste the following into .bashrc:
+Paste the following into .bashrc (from [[http://www.ex-parrot.com/pdw/cdiff.html|Paul Warren]]):
 <code bash cdiff.txt>
@@ Line 31: / Line 31: @@
 </code>
-If piping into less, use "less -r" or "less -R".
+I generally hardlink .bash_profile to .bashrc so that all shell-like environments are set up the same way -- this may not be The Right Thing To Do[TM] but it seems to make things work the way you probably expected them to if you don't look too hard (my usual goal).  If piping into less, use "less -r" or "less -R".  Want to compare MS Word files in colour?  Tack on:
+<code bash docdiff.txt>
+# compare word files in colour
+function docdiff {
+  cdiff <(antiword "$1") <(antiword "$2") | less -r
+}
+</code>