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5.2 Paginating diff Output

It can be convenient to have long output page-numbered and time-stamped. The -l and --paginate options do this by sending the diff output through the pr program. Here is what the page header might look like for ‘diff -lc lao tzu’:

2002-02-22 14:20   diff -lc lao tzu   Page 1