Jari Aalto wrote: > Please add new option -z, --compress to support compressed files. > An example:
Note that this exact same message was also mailed to bug-gnu-utils and so I will duplicate my follow-up from there. Please don't post the same question to many lists all at the same time. It creates a fractured discussion. > diff -u -z progam.1 /usr/share/man/man1/program.1.gz Note that modern shells including GNU bash allow this through the command line shell. diff -u program.1 <(zcat /usr/share/man/man1/program.1.gz) Bob
