Re: using diff command

["Gary Hennigan" <glhenni@sandia.gov>]

"Gary Hennigan" <glhenni@sandia.gov> writes:
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> Hmm. You got somethin' funky going on! What you describe should only
> happen if you're specifying the "-q" or "--brief" option to diff. What
> does "diff --version" give you? Make sure you're running the actual
> diff binary, and not via some alias. Do "/usr/bin/diff File2 File1".

One other thing that might cause this is if diff thinks the files are
binary. Could be they have a binary character in them somewhere and
this is throwing diff off. Try:

        diff --text File2 File1

Gary