line_diff

Tool to make a diff between to single lines

Example output

Line 1:
a b c d e f
Line 2:
b d f e c2
+----+------+----+
| L1 | Same | L2 |
+----+------+----+
| a  |      |    |
+----+------+----+
|    | b    |    |
+----+------+----+
| c  |      |    |
+----+------+----+
|    |      | c2 |
+----+------+----+
|    | d    |    |
|    | e    |    |
|    | f    |    |
+----+------+----+

Examples

Compare two lines from two different input files.

line_diff l1.txt l2.txt

Compare two lines from two different input files. With the -o option the chunks will be sorted before comparison. This is handy for cases such as compiler flags where the ordering does not matter.

line_diff l1.txt l2.txt -o

Compare two lines from two a single input file and with sorting of the chunks. Specify two different separators (' ' and ';') with the -s option

line_diff --file l1.txt -o -s "; "

Compare two lines by specifying the string on the command line

line_diff --line1 "hello world" --line2 "hello there"