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Need to compare two folder / FS permissions

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Need to compare two folders / File systems permissions & time stamps including sub folders and files.

Kindly let me know if any commands available.

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This assumes the files have the same names in both directories

Code:

cd /folder1
find . -exec stat  {} \; > /tmp/folder1.txt
cd /folder2
find . -exec stat  {} \; > /tmp/folder2.txt
diff /tmp/folder1.txt /tmp/folder2.txt

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