SSH-DIFF(1)                      User Commands                     SSH-DIFF(1)

NAME
       ssh-diff - diff a file over ssh

DESCRIPTION
              Usage: ssh-diff [OPTIONS] FILE [user@]hostname[:FILE]

              There is an extra roundtrip to the remote system to check for
              the existence of the file to be diffed.  So if you are not using
              SSH Keys you may get prompted twice for a password.

              Use "CHECK_REMOTE_FILE_EXISTS=NO ssh-diff" to disable that
              behavior

              Diff Options:

              All options your local diff command supports ( except '-r' ).
              See 'man diff' and 'diff --help' for more information.

              SSH Options:

       -4     Use IPv4 only

       -6     Use IPv6 only

       -p port
              Port to connect to on the remote host.  This can be specified on
              a per-host basis in the configuration file.

              Examples:

              Default:

              ssh-diff /etc/hosts 192.168.1.10

              ssh-diff /etc/hosts root@192.168.1.10

              ssh-diff /etc/hosts root@192.168.1.10:/etc/hosts.old

              Side-by-Side:

              ssh-diff -y /etc/hosts 192.168.1.10

              ssh-diff -y /etc/hosts root@192.168.1.10

              ssh-diff -y /etc/hosts root@192.168.1.10:/etc/hosts.old

              Unified:

              ssh-diff -u /etc/hosts 192.168.1.10

              ssh-diff -u /etc/hosts root@192.168.1.10

              ssh-diff -u /etc/hosts root@192.168.1.10:/etc/hosts.old

SSH-TOOLS                        February 2022                     SSH-DIFF(1)