diffstat
patch file statistics generator
TLDR
Show diff statistics
$ diffstat [patch.diff]
Show from piped diff$ diff -u [old] [new] | diffstat
Show with file names$ diffstat -f [0|1|2|3|4] [patch.diff]
Summarize by directory$ diffstat -p [1] [patch.diff]
SYNOPSIS
diffstat [options] [file]
DESCRIPTION
diffstat reads output from diff and produces a histogram showing insertions, deletions, and modifications per file. It's commonly used to summarize patch statistics.
Reads from stdin by default, or from specified file.
PARAMETERS
-f format
Filename format: 0=path, 1=name, 2=auto, 3=dir, 4=count.-p num
Strip num path components.-w width
Set output width.-k
Keep temp files.-l
List files only.