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.TH "KDIFF3" "1" 
.SH "NAME" 
kdiff3 \(em compares two or three input files or directories 
.SH "SYNOPSIS" 
.PP 
\fBkdiff3\fR [\fBQT options\fP]  [\fBKDE options\fP]  [\fBkdiff3 options\fP]  [\fB\fIFile1\fR\fP]  [\fB\fIFile2\fR\fP]  [\fB\fIFile3\fR\fP]  
.SH "DESCRIPTION" 
.PP 
This manual page documents briefly the 
\fBkdiff3\fR tool. 
.PP 
This manual page was written for the \fBDebian\fP distribution 
because the original program does not have a manual page. 
For comprehensive help, please see \fBkhelpcenter help:/kdiff3\fR. 
 
.PP 
\fBkdiff3\fR is a program that 
 
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compares two or three input files  
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shows the differences line by line and character by character  
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provides an automatic merge-facility and  
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an integrated editor for comfortable solving of merge-conflicts  
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and has an intuitive graphical user interface  
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and allows directory comparison and merge.  	 
.SH "OPTIONS" 
.PP 
This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, 
with long options starting with two dashes (`-').  A summary of 
options is included below. For a full summary of options, run 
\fBkdiff3 --help\fR. 
 
 
.IP "\fB-m, --merge\fP         " 10 
Merge the input. 
.IP "\fB-b, --base file\fP         " 10 
Explicit base file. For compatibility with certain tools. 
.IP "\fB-o, --output file\fP         " 10 
Output file. Implies -m. E.g.: -o newfile.txt 
.IP "\fB--out file\fP         " 10 
Output file, again. (For compatibility with certain tools.) 
.IP "\fB--auto\fP         " 10 
No GUI if all conflicts are auto-solvable. (Needs -o file) 
.IP "\fB--qall\fP         " 10 
Don't solve conflicts automatically. (For compatibility...) 
.IP "\fB--fname alias\fP         " 10 
Visible name replacement. Supply this once for every input. 
.IP "\fB-v, --version\fP         " 10 
Show version of program.    
.SH "AUTHOR" 
.PP 
This manual page was written by Eike Sauer <eikes@cs.tu-berlin.de> for 
the \fBDebian\fP system (but may be used by others).  Permission is 
granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under 
the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 
(or, at your option, any later version published by the Free 
Software Foundation). 
 
.PP 
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public 
License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL. 
 
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