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! output format: Context
+- output format: Unified Format
< output format: Normal
<<<<<<< for marking conflicts: Marking Conflicts
_POSIX2_VERSION: Standards conformance
- aligning tab stops: Tabs
 - alternate file names: Alternate Names
 - backup file names: Backup Names
 - backup file strategy: Backups
 - binary file diff: Binary
 - blank and tab difference suppression: White Space
 - blank line difference suppression: Blank Lines
 - brief difference reports: Brief
 - bug reports: Bugs
 - C function headings: C Function Headings
 - C if-then-else output format: If-then-else
 - case difference suppression: Case Folding
 - ClearCase: Revision Control
 cmp invocation: Invoking cmp
cmp options: cmp Options
- columnar output: Side by Side
 - common mistakes with patches: Avoiding Common Mistakes
 - comparing three files: Comparing Three Files
 - conflict: diff3 Merging
 - conflict marking: Marking Conflicts
 - context output format: Context
 - creating files: Creating and Removing
 - diagnostics from 
patch: patch Messages
 diff invocation: Invoking diff
- diff merging: Interactive Merging
 diff options: diff Options
diff sample input: Sample diff Input
diff3 hunks: diff3 Hunks
diff3 invocation: Invoking diff3
diff3 options: diff3 Options
diff3 sample input: Sample diff3 Input
- directories and patch: patch Directories
 - directory structure changes: Changing Structure
 - dry runs for 
patch: Dry Runs
 ed script output format: ed Scripts
EDITOR: Merge Commands
- empty files, removing: Creating and Removing
 - exabyte, definition of: cmp Options
 - exbibyte, definition of: cmp Options
 - FDL, GNU Free Documentation License: GNU Free Documentation License
 - file name alternates: Alternate Names
 - file names with unusual characters: Unusual File Names
 - format of 
diff output: Output Formats
 - format of 
diff3 output: Comparing Three Files
 - formats for if-then-else line groups: Line Group Formats
 - forward 
ed script output format: Forward ed
 - full lines: Incomplete Lines
 - function headings, C: C Function Headings
 - fuzz factor when patching: Inexact
 - gibibyte, definition of: cmp Options
 - gigabyte, definition of: cmp Options
 - headings: Sections
 - hunks: Hunks
 - hunks for 
diff3: diff3 Hunks
 - if-then-else output format: If-then-else
 ifdef output format: If-then-else
- imperfect patch application: Imperfect
 - incomplete line merging: Merging Incomplete Lines
 - incomplete lines: Incomplete Lines
 - inexact patches: Inexact
 - inhibit messages from 
patch: More or Fewer Messages
 - interactive merging: Interactive Merging
 - introduction: Comparison
 - intuiting file names from patches: Multiple Patches
 - invoking 
cmp: Invoking cmp
 - invoking 
diff: Invoking diff
 - invoking 
diff3: Invoking diff3
 - invoking 
patch: Invoking patch
 - invoking 
sdiff: Invoking sdiff
 - keyboard input to 
patch: patch and Keyboard Input
 - kibibyte, definition of: cmp Options
 - kilobyte, definition of: cmp Options
 LC_COLLATE: Comparing Directories
LC_NUMERIC: Line Group Formats
LC_TIME: Detailed Context
- line formats: Line Formats
 - line group formats: Line Group Formats
 - mebibyte, definition of: cmp Options
 - megabyte, definition of: cmp Options
 - merge commands: Merge Commands
 - merged 
diff3 format: Bypassing ed
 - merged output format: If-then-else
 - merging from a common ancestor: diff3 Merging
 - merging interactively: Merge Commands
 - messages from 
patch: patch Messages
 - multibyte characters: Internationalization
 - multiple patches: Multiple Patches
 - newline treatment by 
diff: Incomplete Lines
 - normal output format: Normal
 - options for 
cmp: cmp Options
 - options for 
diff: diff Options
 - options for 
diff3: diff3 Options
 - options for 
patch: patch Options
 - options for 
sdiff: sdiff Options
 - output formats: Output Formats
 - overlap: diff3 Merging
 - overlapping change, selection of: Which Changes
 - overview of 
diff and patch: Overview
 - paginating 
diff output: Pagination
 - patch consumer tips: Tips for Patch Consumers
 patch input format: patch Input
patch invocation: Invoking patch
patch messages and questions: patch Messages
patch options: patch Options
- patch producer tips: Tips for Patch Producers
 - patch, common mistakes: Avoiding Common Mistakes
 PATCH_GET: Revision Control
PATCH_VERSION_CONTROL: Backup Names
- patches, shrinking: Generating Smaller Patches
 - patching directories: patch Directories
 - pebibyte, definition of: cmp Options
 - performance of 
diff: diff Performance
 - petabyte, definition of: cmp Options
 - POSIX: Standards conformance, patch and POSIX
 POSIXLY_CORRECT: Standards conformance, patch and POSIX
- projects for directories: Shortcomings
 - quoting style: patch Quoting Style
 QUOTING_STYLE: patch Quoting Style
- RCS: Revision Control
 - RCS script output format: RCS
 - regular expression matching headings: Specified Headings
 - regular expression suppression: Specified Folding
 - reject file names: Reject Names
 - removing empty files: Creating and Removing
 - reporting bugs: Bugs
 - reversed patches: Reversed Patches
 - revision control: Revision Control
 - sample input for 
diff: Sample diff Input
 - sample input for 
diff3: Sample diff3 Input
 - SCCS: Revision Control
 - script output formats: Scripts
 sdiff invocation: Invoking sdiff
sdiff options: sdiff Options
sdiff output format: sdiff Option Summary
- section headings: Sections
 - side by side: Side by Side
 - side by side format: Side by Side Format
 SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX: Backup Names
- special files: Special Files
 - specified headings: Specified Headings
 - summarizing which files differ: Brief
 - System V 
diff3 compatibility: Saving the Changed File
 - tab and blank difference suppression: White Space
 - tab stop alignment: Tabs
 - tebibyte, definition of: cmp Options
 - terabyte, definition of: cmp Options
 - testing 
patch: Dry Runs
 - text versus binary diff: Binary
 - time stamp format, context diffs: Detailed Context
 - time stamp format, unified diffs: Detailed Unified
 - time stamps on patched files: Patching Time Stamps
 - traditional 
patch: patch and Tradition
 - two-column output: Side by Side
 - unified output format: Unified Format
 - unmerged change: Which Changes
 - varying-width characters: Internationalization
 - verbose messages from 
patch: More or Fewer Messages
 - version control: Revision Control
 VERSION_CONTROL: Backup Names, Revision Control
- white space in patches: Changed White Space
 - yottabyte, definition of: cmp Options
 - zettabyte, definition of: cmp Options