When I have a diff, how can I colorize it so that it looks good?
I want it for the command line, so please no GUI solutions.
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When I have a diff, how can I colorize it so that it looks good?
I want it for the command line, so please no GUI solutions.
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diffsuggest no solution for colorization from within itself. Please consider usingcolordiff. It’s a wrapper arounddiffthat produces the same output as diff, except that it augments the output using colored syntax highlighting to increase readability:or just:
Installation:
sudo apt-get install colordiffbrew install colordifforport install colordiff