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Subject: Re: /bin/ls sorting bug?
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At 10:48 AM +1000 6/22/04, Greg Black wrote:
> 
> The output of ls has never been good for reproduceable output
> for identical data.  It frequently leads to gigantic "diffs"
> in periodic reports ...

man 1 diff:
       -b     Ignore changes in amount of white space.