Command-line tool

wdiff

brew/wdiff

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Display word differences between text files

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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 wdiff

Linux

brew install wdiff

Compare two files

wdiff path/to/file1 path/to/file2

Ignore case when comparing

wdiff -i path/to/file1 path/to/file2

Display how many words are deleted, inserted, or replaced

wdiff -s path/to/file1 path/to/file2

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