Linux Command - Vimdiff

The Linux vimdiff command is basically a wrapper for vim. It opens up between 2 to 8 files with vim and shows the differences.

Diff two files:

vimdiff hello.js hello2.js

Same thing but without the wrapper:

vim –d hello.js hello2.js

Diff three files:

vimdiff hello.js hello2.js hello3.js

Switch to diff mode while already using vim to edit a single file ( horizontal or vertical ):

:diffsplit hello2.js
:vert diffsplit hello2.js

Commands:

]c	Jump to the next diff
[c	Jump to the previous diff
ctrl +w h	switch one window to the left
ctrl +w l	switch one window to the right
dp	copy highlighted diff to other window
do	copy highlighted diff from other windows
:diffput	copy highlighted diff to other window
:diffget	copy highlighted diff from other windows
za	toggle current code fold