diff --git a/ldiff b/ldiff
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4b6e868
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ldiff
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# -*- coding: utf-8 mode: sh -*- vim:sw=4:sts=4:et:ai:si:sta:fenc=utf-8
+source "$(dirname "$0")/lib/ulib/auto" || exit 1
+
+function display_help() {
+    uecho "$scriptname: frontend de diff pour comparer deux fichiers encodés en latin1
+
+USAGE
+    $scriptname [options] Lfile Rfile
+
+OPTIONS
+    -u, -U, --unified N
+    -w, --ignore-all-space
+    -B, --ignore-blank-lines
+        options de diff qui sont reprises telles quelles"
+}
+
+diffopts=()
+args=(
+    --help '$exit_with display_help'
+    -u '$diffopts+=(-u)'
+    -U:,--unified: '$diffopts+=(-U "$value_")'
+    -w,--ignore-all-space '$diffopts+=(-w)'
+    -B,--ignore-blank-lines '$diffopts+=(-B)'
+)
+parse_args "$@"; set -- "${args[@]}"
+
+Lfile="$1"
+Rfile="$2"
+[ -n "$Lfile" -a -n "$Rfile" ] || die "vous devez spécifier les deux fichiers"
+[ -d "$Lfile" -o -d "$Rfile" ] && die "il faut absolument comparer deux fichiers"
+
+diff "${diffopts[@]}" <(iconv -f latin1 -t utf-8 "$Lfile") <(iconv -f latin1 -t utf-8 "$Rfile")
diff --git a/lless b/lless
index 5ea1cfb..1c03313 100755
--- a/lless
+++ b/lless
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ OPTIONS
     -R, --RAW-CONTROL-CHARS
     -e, --quit-at-eof
     -E, --QUIT-AT-EOF
-        options de less qui sont reportées telles quelles"
+        options de less qui sont reprises telles quelles"
 }
 
 lessopts=()