You can use diff -b or –ignore-space-change options to ignore changes in the amount of white space.
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## ignore changes in the amount of white space echo "hello world" > myfile1 ## create some files echo "hello world" > myfile2 diff myfile1 myfile2 ## normal output ## returns ## 1c1 ## < hello world ## --- ## > hello world diff -b myfile1 myfile2 ## ignore changes in the amount of white space ## returns nothing as white space spacing is ignored rm -r my* |