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Merge Commands

Groups of common lines, with a blank gutter, are copied from the first file to the output. After each group of differing lines, sdiff prompts with `%' and pauses, waiting for one of the following commands. Follow each command with RET.

`e'
Discard both versions. Invoke a text editor on an empty temporary file, then copy the resulting file to the output.
`eb'
Concatenate the two versions, edit the result in a temporary file, then copy the edited result to the output.
`el'
Edit a copy of the left version, then copy the result to the output.
`er'
Edit a copy of the right version, then copy the result to the output.
`l'
Copy the left version to the output.
`q'
Quit.
`r'
Copy the right version to the output.
`s'
Silently copy common lines.
`v'
Verbosely copy common lines. This is the default.

The text editor invoked is specified by the EDITOR environment variable if it is set. The default is system-dependent.


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