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Diff’ing files over the network

This is a godsend. Wish I had thought about doing this before.


$ diff source/worksforme.php <(ssh -n me@liveserver cat /home/me/source/worksforme.php)

You can also compare files on two remote hosts.


$ diff <(ssh -n me@testserver cat /home/me/source/worksforme.php) <(ssh -n me@clientserver cat /home/me/source/worksforme.php)

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3 Responses to “Diff’ing files over the network”

  1. Chris League Says:
    March 2nd, 2009 at 12:24 pm

    Nice! I think I’ve used M-x ediff in combination with TRAMP to similar effect.

    BTW, are you using bash? I’m so fond of zsh now.. has some real command-line wizardry, like programmable completion. Some onlooker was impressed the other day whan TAB completed not just commands in $PATH, but –options and even svn:// repository paths.

  2. nurikabe Says:
    March 2nd, 2009 at 6:46 pm

    Actually, I’m a fan of fish. Mainly I like that it focuses on making complex shell work simple (without lots — or any — customization), and that.. it kind of reminds of AmigaDOS.

  3. Sture Says:
    November 22nd, 2011 at 3:18 am

    I like Svinto, anyone used it?

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