diffoscope

Compare files, archives, and directories. More information: https://diffoscope.org.

• Compare two files:

diffoscope path/to/file1 path/to/file2

• Compare two files without displaying a progress bar:

diffoscope --no-progress path/to/file1 path/to/file2

• Compare two files and write an HTML-report to a file (use - for stdout):

diffoscope --html path/to/outfile|- path/to/file1 path/to/file2

• Compare two directories excluding files with a name matching a specified pattern:

diffoscope --exclude pattern path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2

• Compare two directories and control whether directory metadata is considered:

diffoscope --exclude-directory-metadata auto|yes|no|recursive path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2