Tool to make a diff between to single lines
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 | |
+----+------+----+
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"