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NAME
grepdiff - show files modified by a diff containing a regex
SYNOPSIS
grepdiff [[-n] | [--line-number]] [--number-files] [[-p n] | [--strip-match=n]] [--strip=n]
[--addprefix=PREFIX] [--addoldprefix=PREFIX] [--addnewprefix=PREFIX] [[-s] | [--status]]
[[-i PATTERN] | [--include=PATTERN]] [[-I FILE] | [--include-from-file=FILE]] [[-x PATTERN] |
[--exclude=PATTERN]] [[-X FILE] | [--exclude-from-file=FILE]] [[-# RANGE] | [--hunks=RANGE]]
[--lines=RANGE] [--files=RANGE] [--annotate] [--as-numbered-lines=WHEN] [--format=FORMAT]
[--remove-timestamps] [[-v] | [--verbose]] [[-z] | [--decompress]] [[-E] | [--extended-regexp]] [[-H]
| [--with-filename]] [[-h] | [--no-filename]] [--output-matching=WHAT] {[REGEX] | [-f FILE]}
[file...]
grepdiff {[--help] | [--version] | [--list] | [--filter ...]}
DESCRIPTION
For each file modified by a patch, if the patch hunk contains the REGEX then the file's name is printed.
The regular expression is treated as POSIX Basic Regular Expression syntax, unless the -E option is given in
which case POSIX Extended Regular Expression syntax is used.
For example, to see the patches in my.patch which contain the regular expression “pf_gfp_mask”, use:
grepdiff pf_gfp_mask my.patch | \
xargs -rn1 filterdiff my.patch -i
You can use both unified and context format diffs with this program.
OPTIONS
-n, --line-number
Display the line number that each patch begins at. If verbose output is requested, each matching hunk is
listed as well.
For a description of the output format see lsdiff(1).
--number-files
File numbers are listed, beginning at 1, before each filename.
-p n, --strip-match=n
When matching, ignore the first n components of the pathname.
--strip=n
Remove the first n components of the pathname before displaying it.
--addprefix=PREFIX
Prefix the pathname with PREFIX before displaying it. This will override any individual settings specified
with the --addoldprefix or --addnewprefix options.
--addoldprefix=PREFIX
Prefix pathnames for old or original files in the output by PREFIX.
--addnewprefix=PREFIX
Prefix pathnames for updated or new files in the output by PREFIX.
-s
Show file additions, modifications and removals. A file addition is indicated by a “+”, a removal by a
-X FILE, --exclude-from-file=FILE
Exclude files matching any pattern listed in FILE, one pattern per line. All other lines in the input are
displayed.
-# RANGE, --hunks=RANGE
Only include hunks within the specified RANGE. Hunks are numbered from 1, and the range is a
comma-separated list of numbers or “first-last” spans; either the first or the last in the span may be
omitted to indicate no limit in that direction.
--lines=RANGE
Only list hunks that contain lines from the original file that lie within the specified RANGE. Lines are
numbered from 1, and the range is a comma-separated list of numbers or “first-last” spans; either the
first or the last in the span may be omitted to indicate no limit in that direction.
--files=RANGE
Only list files indicated by the specified RANGE. Files are numbered from 1 in the order they appear in
the patch input, and the range is a comma-separated list of numbers or “first-last” spans; either the
first or the last in the span may be omitted to indicate no limit in that direction.
--annotate
Annotate each hunk with the filename and hunk number.
--as-numbered-lines=before|after
Instead of a patch fragment, display the lines of the selected hunks with the line number of the file
before (or after) the patch is applied, followed by a TAB character and a colon, at the beginning of each
line. Each hunk except the first will have a line consisting of “...” before it.
--format=unified|context
Use specified output format.
--remove-timestamps
Do not include file timestamps in the output.
-z, --decompress
Decompress files with extensions .gz and .bz2.
-E, --extended-regexp
Use POSIX Extended Regular Expression syntax.
-H, --with-filename
Print the name of the patch file containing each match.
-h, --no-filename
Suppress the name of the patch file containing each match.
-f FILE, --file=FILE
Read regular expressions from FILE, one per line.
--output-matching=hunk|file
Display the matching hunk-level or file-level diffs.
--help
Display a short usage message.
AUTHOR
Tim Waugh <[email protected]>
Package maintainer
patchutils 10 Feb 2011 GREPDIFF(1)
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