Linux diff command

Question

Can someone tell me if linux diff command can ignor difference in line which have some word (example: CET)

Example:

9c9
<     <set name="ti_zone">CET</set>
---
>     <set name="time_zone">CET</set>

In this example I would like to ignore this difference...

if can do this, can you give me an example?

Br, Wolfy

Wolfy · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-14 08:05:34Z

up vote 5 down vote accepted

Actually I find a solution :)

Diff can do this...

diff -w -I CET file1 file2

BR, Wolfy

answered Oct 14 '10 at 8:05

Wolfy
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	way cool. thanks for sharing! – pbr Oct 14 '10 at 8:09
	Accept it as an answer. – Marius Gedminas Oct 14 '10 at 9:21
	can't do this, I must wait 2 days... – Wolfy Oct 15 '10 at 6:45

Jeremy · Answer 2 · 2010-10-14 07:27:56Z

up vote 0 down vote

Just pipe the output through grep.

diff .... | grep -v CET

answered Oct 14 '10 at 7:27

Jeremy
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