Comparing two files

I am comparing to files by reading it into filestream and comparing byte by byte..now how can i skip whitespaces while comparing?I am using C#.net

From stackoverflow

• byte b;  
  
  // ....
  
  if (Char.IsWhiteSpace((char) b))
  {
     // skip...
  }
  

  EDIT: As Eric Lippert points out, this is only correct if the encoding of the file is plain 7-bit ASCII. In any other encoding it will skip relevant bytes. So, you should take into account the encoding of your data.

  Eric Lippert : This is only correct if the encoding of the file is plain 7 bit ASCII. In any other encoding it will skip relevant bytes.

  Mitch Wheat : @Eric Lippert: Hi, the poster said he was comparing bytes, but you are correct; he should be taking into account the encoding.