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Subject: [jira] [Commented] (IO-275)
 org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.contentEquals - Add option to ignore "line
 endings"
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Sebb commented on IO-275:
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It would be useful to include a version of IOUtils.contentEquals as well, which could operate on Reader parameters.
                
> org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.contentEquals - Add option to ignore "line endings"
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: IO-275
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IO-275
>             Project: Commons IO
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: Utilities
>            Reporter: CJ Aspromgos
>            Assignee: Sebb
>
> FileUtils has a nice member function to compare two files.  It would be nice if the client had the option to ignore line endings.  This way files (specifically text files) generated on different platforms (eg windows, unix) would match. 

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