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| Original author(s) | Larry Wall |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Paul Eggert, Wayne Davison, David MacKenzie, Andreas Grünbacher |
| Initial release | May 24, 1985 |
| Repository | |
| Operating system | Unix and Unix-like, Plan 9, MSX-DOS, Microsoft Windows |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Type | Command |
The computer tool patch is a Unix program that updates text files according to instructions contained in a separate file, called a patch file. The patch file (also called a patch for short) is a text file that consists of a list of differences and is produced by running the related diff program with the original and updated file as arguments. Updating files with patch is often referred to as applying the patch or simply patching the files.