Patch
Patch
https://www.gnu.org/software/patch/
Applies a patch to a file.
GNU version of Larry Wall's program that takes "diff's" output and applies it to an original file to generate a modified version of that file. Normally, the patched versions are put in place of the originals. Backups can be made.
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Selection from the FSF shopFree as in Freedom 2.0, by Richard Stallman
Introduction to the Command Line
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https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/patch-2.7.6.tar.xz
version 2.7.6
(stable)
released on 6 February 2018
OpenPGP signature URL: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/patch-2.7.6.tar.xz.sig
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Leaders and contributors
Contact(s) | Role |
---|---|
Christopher R. Gabriel | Maintainer |
Andreas Gruenbacher | Maintainer |
Bruno Haible | Contributor |
Resources and communication
Audience | Resource type | URI |
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Debian (Ref) | https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/patch | |
Download | https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/ | |
Mailing List | https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-system-discuss/ | |
General | https://savannah.gnu.org/people/ | |
Savannah (Ref) | https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/patch/ | |
Download | https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/patch/ | |
VCS Repository Webview | https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/ | |
Mailing List | https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-patch/ | |
Mailing List | https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/patch-commit/ |
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