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Old 06-22-2004
manualvin manualvin is offline
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Comparing a distinct value in 1 list with another list

Hi all,

I need to compare the contents of 2 directories where the file contents are similar and take out the filenames whose contents does not exist within the 2 directories.

Directory1

1
2
3
4

Directory2

54
55
56
57

Does anyone has a script which can do this?
At the end of the command, all the files that does not exist when comparing the 2 directories should be cp -p to another new directory.

Thanks.