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fgrep -x -f problem

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Message #8 received at 42623 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Arthur Goldberg <artgoldberg <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 42623 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42623: fgrep -x -f problem
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 11:48:05 -0700

On 7/30/20 9:16 AM, Arthur Goldberg wrote:

> fgrep -x -f dfba.py dfba.py > actual_output.txt

That command works just fine for me with the file you attached. That is, this 
command:

fgrep -x -f dfba.py dfba.py | cmp - dfba.py

outputs nothing, as expected. This is on Ubuntu 18.04.4 which has fgrep 3.1 
(same as what you have).

I noticed that the file actual_output.txt that you attached had trailing CR at 
the end of each line, which would cause 'diff' to report a difference at any 
line. So perhaps the problem has to do with a Microsoft-oriented file system in 
your environment, or something like that.

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