tldr/pages/common/vimdiff.md

vimdiff

Open up to four files in vim and show the differences between them. See vim documentation for working with files and navigating within a window.

• Open two files and show the differences (up to four files can be compared):

vimdiff {{file1}} {{file2}}

• Open two files using a horizontal window split instead of the default vertical split:

vimdiff -o {{file1}} {{file2}}

• Move the cursor to the window on the left|right|up|down:

Ctrl + w {{h|l|k|j}}