Hi, The zdiff script does not handle options with arguments separated by a space correctly.
The following if a valid diff command: "diff -y -W 200 /tmp/b1 /tmp/b2". But when passed to zdiff the space between "-W" and 200 causes the COLUMNS argument to be interpreted as a file: zdiff -y -W 200 /tmp/b1 /tmp/b2 /bin/zdiff: 72: /bin/zdiff: cannot open 200: No such file The error is caused by the following line in the loop that processes the arguments: -?*) cmp="$cmp '$1'";; (line 63 in version 1.6) There should be an additional check to catch options with arguments. I couldn't come up with a working solution quickly so I am currently using a workaround. If I remove the space between the option "-W" and it's COLUMNS argument the script works as expected. With this workaround the zdiff utility is great solution for the problem I'm working on, thanks! Thanks in advance Bram Mertens