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I use Meld on Linux to compare files/dirs. (It's far slower and seemingly less capable than WinMerge, but WinMerge is sadly not available for Linux.)

I'm trying to ignore some files/dirs which I don't want to compare.

This page explains it for the GUI program: http://meldmerge.org/help/file-filters.html

This page tells me to run meld --help: https://meldmerge.org/help/command-line.html

meld --help does not mention a word about a --filter option or anything of the sort.

How do I specify files/dirs to ignore from the command line? Please don't tell me it's impossible...

Stan
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See Meld Help › Comparing Folders » Filtering out files :

You can add, remove or change filename filters from the File Filters section of the Preferences dialog. Filename filters specify patterns of filenames that will not be looked at when performing a folder comparison. Any file that matches an active filter won't even show up in the tree comparison. Filename filters match both files and folders; if a folder matches a filter, it and all of its contents are ignored.

Note this answer which explains that filters kick in only in non-VC (Version Control) mode.

harrymc
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