diff3 (compare 3 text files, merges files)

Compares the contents of 3 text files. Displays the lines that are different.

Format:    diff3 file1 file2 file3
Examples:  diff3 prog1 prog2 prog3

Compares prog1, prog2, and prog3. Displays the lines that differ between the files. The lines that are different in prog1 are listed after 1:, the lines that are different in prog2 are listed after 2:, and the lines that are different in prog3 are listed after 3:. For example:

					cat fileA
John Smith
Alice Brown
John Huang

cat fileB
Bob Smith
Alice in Wonderland
John Huang

cat fileC
Bob Smith
Alice Brown
John Huang

diff fileA fileB fileC
1:
   John Smith
   Alice Brown
2:
   Bob Smith
   Alice in Wonderland
3:
   Bob Smith
   Alice Brown
OptWhat It DoesExample
-mMerge changes. ...

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