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.
Documentation
Selection from the FSF shopFree as in Freedom 2.0, by Richard Stallman
Introduction to the Command Line
Helping the GNU Project and the Free Software Movement
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This is a GNU package:patch
Download
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
User level
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Notes
Leaders and contributors
| Contact(s) | Role |
|---|---|
| Christopher R. Gabriel | Maintainer |
| Andreas Gruenbacher | Maintainer |
| Bruno Haible | Contributor |
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| 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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