Compare two directory trees.

• Compare two directory trees.

  This is sample output - yours may be different.

  
  

  3
  diff <(cd dir1 && find . | sort) <(cd dir2 && find . | sort)
  crishoj · 2012-12-05 10:21:48 0
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• Compare two directory trees.

  This is sample output - yours may be different.

  
  

  -2
  diff -qr <dir1> <dir2>
  seb1245 · 2012-12-06 07:42:32 1
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Very nice! Thanks!

DaveQB · 869 weeks and 5 days ago

Hi, take a look to diff man page : diff -a -q -r dir1 dir2

sputnick · 867 weeks and 6 days ago

My command only compares the file file *names* -- not the contents of the file (like your "diff" command does).

mbirk · 844 weeks and 4 days ago

Very nice, thanks. Here's a possible improvement (shorter to type): diff <(find dir1 | sort) <(find dir2 | sort)

dserodio · 692 weeks and 6 days ago

Nevermind, my "improvement" is broken :)

dserodio · 692 weeks and 6 days ago

@dserodio your command works fine if you use a full path for your directories

linuxrawkstar · 541 weeks and 6 days ago

@linuxrawkstar No, in that case find will print the full path and diff will report every line as not matching. The point of using relative directories and the cd command is for diff to filter out the common (relative) paths.

mbirk · 541 weeks and 6 days ago

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