# sesdiff
> Generate shortest edit scripts using Myers' diff algorithm with edit distance

## Summary
Generate shortest edit scripts with Myers' diff and compute Levenshtein edit distances

## Capabilities
- Generate shortest edit scripts
- Myers' diff algorithm
- Compute Levenshtein edit distance
- Column-based string comparison

## When to Use
- When you need to compute edit distances between strings
- When you need shortest edit scripts for text transformation

## When NOT to Use
- When you need file-level diff

## Related Tools
- [analiticcl](/tools/analiticcl) (complementary)

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Source: https://littlescripts.sh/tools/sesdiff
