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Date:      Fri, 25 Jun 2004 23:29:05 -0700
From:      Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org>
To:        Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /bin/ls sorting bug?
Message-ID:  <40DD17B1.5070402@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <p06020421bcfd32db439d@[128.113.24.47]>
References:  <20040621054406.GA927@VARK.homeunix.com> <200406210910.aa18808@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> <20040621091649.GA92422@iconoplex.co.uk> <20040621133003.GA96338@ussenterprise.ufp.org> <nospam-1087865330.51081@felix.gbch.net> <p06020421bcfd32db439d@[128.113.24.47]>

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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.




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