colordiff
A wrapper around
diffthat produces the same output but with pretty syntax highlighting. Color schemes can be customized. More information: https://github.com/kimmel/colordiff.
- Compare files:
 
colordiff {{file1}} {{file2}}
- Output in two columns:
 
colordiff -y {{file1}} {{file2}}
- Ignore case differences in file contents:
 
colordiff -i {{file1}} {{file2}}
- Report when two files are the same:
 
colordiff -s {{file1}} {{file2}}
- Ignore whitespace:
 
colordiff -w {{file1}} {{file2}}