Title: ldif-diff
Author: Mark Craig
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\w'ldif-diff 'u ldif-diff {options}
This utility can be used to compare two LDIF files and report the differences in LDIF format.
The following options are supported.
-a, --ignoreAttrs {file}
File containing a list of attributes to ignore when computing the difference.
--checkSchema
Takes into account the syntax of the attributes as defined in the schema to make the value comparison. The provided LDIF files must conform to the server schema.
-e, --ignoreEntries {file}
File containing a list of entries (DN) to ignore when computing the difference.
-o, --outputLDIF {file}
File to which the output should be written.
-O, --overwriteExisting
Any existing output file should be overwritten rather than appending to it.
-s, --sourceLDIF {file}
LDIF file to use as the source data.
-S, --singleValueChanges
Each attribute-level change should be written as a separate modification per attribute value rather than one modification per entry.
-t, --targetLDIF {file}
LDIF file to use as the target data.
-V, --version
Display version information.
-?, -H, --help
Display usage information.
0
The command completed successfully.
> 0
An error occurred.
The following example demonstrates use of the command with two small LDIF files.
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$ cat /path/to/newuser.ldif dn: uid=newuser,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com uid: newuser objectClass: person objectClass: organizationalPerson objectClass: inetOrgPerson objectClass: top cn: New User sn: User ou: People mail: newuser@example.com userPassword: changeme $ cat /path/to/neweruser.ldif dn: uid=newuser,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com uid: newuser objectClass: person objectClass: organizationalPerson objectClass: inetOrgPerson objectClass: top cn: New User sn: User ou: People mail: newuser@example.com userPassword: secret12 description: A new description. $ ldif-diff -s /path/to/newuser.ldif -t /path/to/neweruser.ldif dn: uid=newuser,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com changetype: modify add: userPassword userPassword: secret12 - delete: userPassword userPassword: changeme - add: description description: A new description.
Mark Craig
Author.
Nemanja Lukić
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