Re: Width not working with diff -y

[Barry]

> -W specifies the maximum width of the output line, not the width of
> the input line.  diff -y output lines contain the contents of two
> input lines (one from each file), plus a gutter in between, plus
> appropriate alignment for tabs, so if you specify -W 2048 then diff
> will output slightly less than 1024 columns per file.  I hope that
> explains the behavior you're observing.

Yes, thanks. It slipped my mind. I don't think of both files being on the
same line with my script because they're not, and I don't see the regular
diff output as it appears at the command prompt. I see it wrap. I wouldn't
have had the problem, but I read instructions for sdiff that said there's a
2048 width limit, so I didn't set it any higher. I set it to 9999 now and I
might make it higher. I don't really want any limit.



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