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Suppressing Differences in Blank Lines
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The `-B' and `--ignore-blank-lines' options ignore insertions or
deletions of blank lines. These options normally affect only lines
that are completely empty; they do not affect lines that look empty but
contain space or tab characters. With these options, for example, a
file containing
1. A point is that which has no part.
2. A line is breadthless length.
-- Euclid, The Elements, I
is considered identical to a file containing
1. A point is that which has no part.
2. A line is breadthless length.
-- Euclid, The Elements, I