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.
#
Most other utilities I can think of simply use the-last-specified option in a
conflict set; in the above example, -y would "override" -u.
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 specifying a complete path to /usr/bin/diff
:)
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