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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Comparing 2 UNIX directories Post 302969754 by jgt on Sunday 27th of March 2016 03:36:39 PM
Old 03-27-2016
Or the long way.
Code:
for file in `ls dir1`
do
if [ -r dir2/$file ]
then
        diff $file dir2/$file >/dev/null
        if [ $? -eq 1 ]
                echo $file is diff
        else
                echo $file is same in both directories
        fi
else
        echo $file does not exist id dir2
fi
done

then reverse dir1 and dir2 to find files that exist in dir2 that do not exist in dir1
 

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vifm

VIFM(1) 							   File Manager 							   VIFM(1)

NAME

       vifm - a ncurses based file manager with vi like keybindings

SYNOPSIS

       vifm [ options ] [ dir1 [ dir2 ]]

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual  page  documents briefly the vifm file manager.  This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original
       program does not have a manual page.
       vifm is a ncurses based file manager with vi like keybindings.  If you use vi, vifm gives you complete keyboard	control  over  your  files
       without having to learn a new set of commands.
       For full documentation, visit the doc directory. A better man page may follow later.

OPTIONS

       These  programs	follow	the  usual  GNU  command  line	syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-').  A summary of options is
       included below.
       The optional argument dir1 opens an initial directory in the left pane, the dir2 another one for the right pane	respectively.  If  one	or
       both are missing, the current working directory is used.

       --help Show summary of options.

       --version
	      Show version of program.

SEE ALSO

       vi(1),

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Edelhard Becker <becker@edelhard.de>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

Edelhard Becker 						  August 27, 2002							   VIFM(1)
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