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tags: [tldr, common]
source: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr.git
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# xzdiff

> Invokes `diff` on files compressed with `xz`, `lzma`, `gzip`, `bzip2`, `lzop`, or `zstd`.
> All options specified are passed directly to `diff`.
> More information: <https://manned.org/xzdiff>.

- Compare two files:

`xzdiff {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}`

- Compare two files, showing the differences side by side:

`xzdiff --side-by-side {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}`

- Compare two files and report only that they differ (no details on what is different):

`xzdiff --brief {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}`

- Compare two files and report when the files are the same:

`xzdiff --report-identical-files {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}`

- Compare two files using paginated results:

`xzdiff --paginate {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}`
