Command-line tool

diffstat

brew/diffstat

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Produce graph of changes introduced by a diff file

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install diffstat

Linux

brew install diffstat

Display changes in a histogram

diff path/to/file1 path/to/file2 | diffstat

Display inserted, deleted, and modified changes as a table

diff path/to/file1 path/to/file2 | diffstat -t

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