Re: [LUG] diff and eol characters

[tom <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 21/11/10 11:08, Dave Morgan wrote:
> On 21/11/2010, tom<tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>    
> > Just wondering if anyone knows of an easy way of getting diff to ignore
> > the difference between a unix txt file and a windows text file. ie. lf
> > as opposed to cr/lf.
> > Tom te tom te tom
> >
> >      
> not tried, but the fine manual suggests:
>
> diff  --strip-trailing-cr file1 file2
>
> Dave
>    
I tried that and it didnt seem to work ( cr/lf not a trailing cr?) - 
I've found that the diffxx 'ignore whitespace' option does the trick 
though so I can find real code changes now!
Tom te tom te tom

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