german@Debian:~$ cat <holamundo > hola > EOF german@Debian:~$ cat <holamundo-0.1 > hola Mundo! > EOF german@Debian:~$ cat holamundo hola german@Debian:~$ cat holamundo-0.1 hola Mundo! german@Debian:~$ diff holamundo-0.1 holamundo > holamundo.patch german@Debian:~$ patch holamundo < holamundo.patch patching file holamundo Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [n] y german@Debian:~$ cat holamundo hola Mundo! german@Debian:~$