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GNU sed vs xxdiff

A side-by-side look at GNU sed and xxdiff. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

GNU sed

GNU sed

Development

GNU sed is a stream text editor for filtering and transforming text, commonly used for basic text manipulation and scripting. It is the GNU implementation of the popular Unix utility sed.

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xxdiff

xxdiff

Development

xxdiff is an open source visual file and directory comparison tool for Linux/Unix systems. It compares two files or directories side-by-side and highlights the differences in color, allowing you to easily see changed, added, or removed lines. It is useful for comparing revisions of text files like source code.

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