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Re: diff -b does not actually work with newlines
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: diff -b does not actually work with newlines |
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Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:46:26 -0700 |
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David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
> The `-b' and `--ignore-space-change' options ignore white space at line
> end,
It ignores all white space at the line end, but it does not ignore the
line end itself. This is longstanding behavior, specified by POSIX
<http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/diff.html>.
Perhaps it could be documented more clearly (wording suggestions would
be gratefully suggested).