#! /opt/alt/python27/bin/python
""" Command line interface to difflib.py providing diffs in four formats:
* ndiff: lists every line and highlights interline changes.
* context: highlights clusters of changes in a before/after format.
* unified: highlights clusters of changes in an inline format.
* html: generates side by side comparison with change highlights.
"""
import sys, os, time, difflib, optparse
def main():
usage = "usage: %prog [options] fromfile tofile"
parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage)
parser.add_option("-c", action="store_true", default=False, help='Produce a context format diff (default)')
parser.add_option("-u", action="store_true", default=False, help='Produce a unified format diff')
parser.add_option("-m", action="store_true", default=False, help='Produce HTML side by side diff (can use -c and -l in conjunction)')
parser.add_option("-n", action="store_true", default=False, help='Produce a ndiff format diff')
parser.add_option("-l", "--lines", type="int", default=3, help='Set number of context lines (default 3)')
(options, args) = parser.parse_args()
if len(args) == 0:
parser.print_help()
sys.exit(1)
if len(args) != 2:
parser.error("need to specify both a fromfile and tofile")
n = options.lines
fromfile, tofile = args
fromdate = time.ctime(os.stat(fromfile).st_mtime)
todate = time.ctime(os.stat(tofile).st_mtime)
with open(fromfile, 'U') as f:
fromlines = f.readlines()
with open(tofile, 'U') as f:
tolines = f.readlines()
if options.u:
diff = difflib.unified_diff(fromlines, tolines, fromfile, tofile, fromdate, todate, n=n)
elif options.n:
diff = difflib.ndiff(fromlines, tolines)
elif options.m:
diff = difflib.HtmlDiff().make_file(fromlines,tolines,fromfile,tofile,context=options.c,numlines=n)
else:
diff = difflib.context_diff(fromlines, tolines, fromfile, tofile, fromdate, todate, n=n)
sys.stdout.writelines(diff)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
