In article <pine.neb.4.64.1802201013590.1...@speedy.whooppee.com>, Paul Goyette <p...@whooppee.com> 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: 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 > >:)
It is not, you just \diff christos
