In article ,
Paul Goyette wrote:
>Is there any _good_ reason that the various output-format options (-y, -u, -c,
>--normal, etc.) generate error messages if you specify more than one format?
>For example,
>
> # diff -u -y F1 F2
> diff: conflicting output style options
> diff:
On Thu, 1 Mar 2018, Simon Burge wrote:
Paul Goyette wrote:
In my case, I have a shell alias for
alias diff "diff -u"
'cuz most of the time I want a -u output. But once in a blue moon (or perhaps
once in a blue+super moon) I want a -y (side-by-side) output; it's a real pain
to have t
Paul Goyette wrote:
> In my case, I have a shell alias for
>
> alias diff "diff -u"
>
> 'cuz most of the time I want a -u output. But once in a blue moon (or
> perhaps
> once in a blue+super moon) I want a -y (side-by-side) output; it's a real
> pain
> to have to bypass the alias by s
Is there any _good_ reason that the various output-format options (-y, -u, -c,
--normal, etc.) generate error messages if you specify more than one format?
For example,
# diff -u -y F1 F2
diff: conflicting output style options
diff: Try `diff --help' for more information
