GIFDIFF(1) General Commands Manual GIFDIFF(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

gifdiff - compares GIF images

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**gifdiff** \[options] GIF-file-1 GIF-file-2

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**gifdiff** compares two GIF files and determines if they appear identical. Differences that don't affect appearance (like colormap ordering or how much an animation is optimized) are not reported.

**gifdiff** prints details of any differences it finds. If the GIFs are the same, it prints nothing. It exits with status 0 if there were no differences, 1 if there were some differences, and 2 if there was trouble.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[**--brief**, **-q**](#brief)

Report only whether the GIFs differ, not the details of the differences.

[**--ignore-redundancy**, **-w**](#ignore)

Do not report differences in the numbers of redundant frames (frames which do not change the displayed image).

[**--ignore-background**, **-B**](#ignore~2)

Do not report differences in background colors.

[**--help**](#help)

Print usage information and exit.

[**--version**](#version)

Print the version number and some quickie warranty information and exit.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**gifsicle**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/gifsicle/gifsicle.1)

# [BUGS](#BUGS)

Please email suggestions, additions, patches and bugs to ekohler@gmail.com.

# [AUTHORS](#AUTHORS)

Eddie Kohler, ekohler@gmail.com  
http://www.read.seas.harvard.edu/~kohler/

http://www.lcdf.org/gifsicle/  
The **gifsicle** home page.

11 July 2017 Version 1.96

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Document: gifdiff(1) from gifsicle 1.96-r6 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/kohler/gifsicle