Re: Bug in diff man, suggestion for addition

[Paul Eggert]

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> In the description of --line-format, it says "in-then-else".  This should
> probably be "if-then-else".

I don't see this in my copy of diff, so I assume it's fixed now.

> I like the side-by-side format, but I would sometimes like to have line
> numbers too.  That is, independent line numbers in each side, reflecting
> the position of each line in its respective file -- not the position of
> the line in stdout, which I could get by piping through "cat -n".
> 
> I don't see an option to get them.

You're right, there isn't one.  It'd be nice to have.

> If not, is it possible to add it?

It'd be possible, yes.  (Ideally, you'd be the guy to write the code
and documentation.  :-)