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Vim <strong>101</strong> Hacks<br />
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Hack 79. Review the Differences between Files using<br />
Vimdiff<br />
Similar to the Unix diff command, <strong>vim</strong>diff is used to show the difference<br />
between files. Unlike the Unix diff command, <strong>vim</strong>diff is more colorful and<br />
user-friendly.<br />
Unix diff command text output:<br />
$ diff employee.txt new-employee.txt<br />
1c1<br />
< 100 Jason Smith Developer<br />
---<br />
> 100 Jason Smith Senior Developer<br />
4a5,7<br />
> 500 King James Manager<br />
> 600 Raj Patel Team Lead<br />
> 700 Emily Jacob HR<br />
Vimdiff visual output:<br />
In the following example, it is very easy to visually see what was changed and<br />
added between the two files.<br />
$ <strong>vim</strong>diff employee.txt new-employee.txt<br />
Fig: <strong>vim</strong>diff showing visual diff<br />
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