Ignore asterix(*) while doing diff in Linux

Question

I am trying to use the standard diff command in Linux inorder to find differences in 2 files.The contents of the file are as follows:

File1

Jim
Jack
Tracy*
Michelle

File2

Jim
Jack
Tracy
Michael

diff File1 File2 gives me the following :

< Tracy*
< Michelle
---
> Tracy
> Michael

However,I want diff to ignore the asterix(*) and give the following output :

< Michelle
---
> Michael

Is it possible to do that ?

Answer 1

Try

diff -I '*$' FILE1 FILE2

-I RE --ignore-matching-lines=RE

Ignore changes whose lines all match RE

Note: this only works with line ending asterisks.