diffoscope
Compare files, archives, and directories.
TLDR
Compare two files
$ diffoscope [path/to/file1] [path/to/file2]
Compare two files without displaying a progress bar
$ diffoscope --no-progress [path/to/file1] [path/to/file2]
Compare two files and write a HTML-report to a file (use - for stdout)
$ diffoscope --html [path/to/outfile|-] [path/to/file1] [path/to/file2]
Compare two directories excluding files with a name matching a specified pattern
$ diffoscope --exclude [pattern] [path/to/directory1] [path/to/directory2]
Compare two directories and control whether directory metadata is considered
$ diffoscope --exclude-directory-metadata [auto|yes|no|recursive] [path/to/directory1] [path/to/directory2]
