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From: wise@cal-unix
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Subject: Word-oriented diff program
Message-ID: <158@cal-unix>
Date: Wed, 4-Jan-84 14:11:50 EST
Article-I.D.: cal-unix.158
Posted: Wed Jan  4 14:11:50 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 6-Jan-84 02:26:32 EST
Organization: CALCULON BC#1, Rockville, MD.
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We're looking for a diff program that is word rather than line oriented.

We (for a reason I've yet to fathom) edit things using "what you see is
what you get" rather than NROFF or equiv.  Therefore, if we add a word to
a line and re-fill in the editor and it pushes one word from each line to
the next, diff will spit out the remainder of the document.

Is there a program similar to diff which ignores all white space, including
newlines?

Thanks.

		Rick Wise
		CALCULON Corp.
		Rockville, MD

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