The merge command is a Linux command that can be used to merge two or more files. This can be useful for combining changes from different sources, or for creating a single file that contains the changes from multiple files.
Here are some examples of how to use the merge command:
# To merge the files `file1` and `file2` and save the result in a new file called `merged.txt`:
merge file1 file2 > merged.txt
# To merge the files `file1` and `file2` and save the result in the `file1` file:
merge file1 file2 >> file1
# To merge the files `file1` and `file2` and use the `ours` merge strategy:
merge -s ours file1 file2
# To merge the files `file1` and `file2` and only update the changes in the `file1` file:
merge -u file1 file2
# To merge the files `file1` and `file2` and use the `file2` file as the base file:
merge -b file2 file1
help
merge [options] file1 file2
Merge two or more files.
Options:
-s, --strategy=STRATEGY Select merge strategy.
-u, --update Only update changes in file1.
-b, --base=FILE Use FILE as base file.
-h, --help Show this help message.
For more information, see the merge man page.
breakdown
-s, --strategy=STRATEGY: This option tells merge to use a specific merge strategy. The default merge strategy is ours.
-u, --update: This option tells merge to only update the changes in the file1 file.
-b, --base=FILE: This option tells merge to use the FILE file as the base file.
-h, --help: This option shows this help message.