pdiff

import subprocess import os # Create dummy files for demonstration file1_content = """Line 1: Hello world Line 2: This is a test file. Line 3: Some text that is different. Line 4: Common line. """ file2_content = """Line 1: Hello world! Line 2: This is a modified test file. Line 3: Completely new line here. Line 4: Common line. Line 5: An extra line in file2. """ with open('file1.txt', 'w') as f: f.write(file1_content) with open('file2.txt', 'w') as f: f.write(file2_content) print("Running pdiff on file1.txt and file2.txt:\n") try: # Execute pdiff as a subprocess # Use text=True (or universal_newlines=True for older Python) to capture stdout as string # The '--' separates options from filenames, useful if filenames start with '-' or similar. result = subprocess.run(['pdiff', '--', 'file1.txt', 'file2.txt'], capture_output=True, text=True, check=True) print(result.stdout) except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e: print(f"Error running pdiff: {e.stderr}") except FileNotFoundError: print("Error: 'pdiff' command not found. Please ensure pdiff is installed and in your PATH.") finally: # Clean up dummy files if os.path.exists('file1.txt'): os.remove('file1.txt') if os.path.exists('file2.txt'): os.remove('file2.txt')