patch

Patch a file (or files) with a diff file.

Note that diff files should be generated by the `diff` command.

More information.

• Apply a patch using a diff file (filenames must be included in the diff file):

patch < {patch.diff}

• Apply a patch to a specific file:

patch {path/to/file} < {patch.diff}

• Patch a file writing the result to a different file:

patch {path/to/input_file} -o {path/to/output_file} < {patch.diff}

• Apply a patch to the current directory:

patch -p1 < {patch.diff}

• Apply the reverse of a patch:

patch -R < {patch.diff}

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