Re: diff -u produces inconsistent header when comparing to a 1-line file

[Aaron Bentley]

Andreas Schwab wrote:
> 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.

Ah.  Thanks for the clarification.

Aaron