File Management

diff Linux Command

Compares two files line by line and shows the differences.

What does diff do?

Compares two files line by line and shows the differences.

diff [options] file1 file2

diff old-config.conf new-config.conf

Reads from stdin and writes to both stdout and one or more files simultaneously.

Creates a new directory (folder). Use -p to create nested directories.

Determines and displays the file type (text, binary, image, etc.).

Creates an empty file or updates the timestamp of an existing file.

Displays detailed file and filesystem information (size, permissions, timestamps).

Copies files or directories from one location to another.