Diffident is a coloured side-by-side diff viewer and editor that works in a terminal:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/diffident/files/
To compare two files:
diffident file1 file2
To run the tests:
diffident --test-slow
For full usage information:
diffident --help
Help - SHIFT-H Quit - q Move left/right - h/l or Arrow Keys Move up/down - k/j or Arrow Keys Select line up/down - K/J Next/Previous - n/p or F8/F7 Page up/down - ,/. or PageUp/Down Select page up/down - </> Scroll left/right - z/x Copy left/right - [/] Insert line - a (Adds a line above the selected line) Delete line(s) - d Save changes - s (Saves the file containing the cursor)
Check out from git:
git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/diffident/code diffident-code
Browse the code:
https://sourceforge.net/p/diffident/code/ci/master/tree/
Andy Balaam <axis3x3 at users dot sourceforge dot net>
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