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Re: diff -u produces inconsistent header when comparing to a 1-line file
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: diff -u produces inconsistent header when comparing to a 1-line file |
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Thu, 10 Feb 2005 13:49:16 +0100 |
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Aaron Bentley <address@hidden> writes:
> Here's an example:
> $ echo hello | diff -u - /dev/null
> --- - 2005-02-09 12:08:11.000000000 -0500
> +++ /dev/null 2004-02-26 20:16:33.000000000 -0500
> @@ -1 +0,0 @@
> -hello
>
> The -1 is not a comma-separated pair, but for all other sizes it is a
> comma-separated pair. Note that 1,2 is used for a two-line file, and
> 1,3 is used for a three-liner, so 1,1 would be the expected value.
The number of lines defaults to 1 if omitted.
Andreas.
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