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You can compare directories on two different remote hosts as well:
diff -y <(ssh user1@host1 find /boot|sort) <(ssh user2@host2 find /boot|sort)
To avoid password-prompt on remote host just generate the rsa key locally and copy it to remote host:
ssh-keygen -t rsa
then
ssh you@server1 "mkdir .ssh"
then
scp .ssh/id_rsa.pub you@server1:; .ssh/authorized_keys2
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