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Old 03-13-2011
diff different subdirectories
I have 2 directories a/ and b/,

they have different subdirectories, how to diff with missing file, or missing subdirectory

and if i have in a/ directory "a/ACD/DEF" DEF is a file, but in b/ directory "b/ACD/DEF is a SUBDIRECTORY, how to diff it, thanks

my solution for directories,

Code:
find a/ -type d | sed 's/a\///g' > file
find b/ -type d | sed 's/b\//g' >> file

  for a in  `sort file | uniq`
   do
     mkdir -p c/$a
    done

after diff, I will remove empty subdirectories

Thanks
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# 2  
Old 03-13-2011
Code:
cd a/ && find ./ | sort >/tmp/list_a
cd b/ && find ./ | sort >/tmp/list_b
cd /tmp && diff list_a list_b

?

---------- Post updated at 10:05 PM ---------- Previous update was at 10:04 PM ----------

Code:
cd a/ && find ./ | sort >/tmp/list_a
cd b/ && find ./ | sort >/tmp/list_b
cd /tmp && diff list_a list_b

?
Last edited by radoulov; 03-15-2011 at 08:30 AM.. Reason: Fixed code tags.
# 3  
Old 03-13-2011
i think Knajta's problem is to distinguish the directory and file, if they have exactly the same name.
e.g.
Code:
file : a/foo
dir :  b/foo

and "find" doesn't tell it, or I missed somthing?
Last edited by radoulov; 03-15-2011 at 08:30 AM.. Reason: Code tags, please!
# 4  
Old 03-13-2011
Then you could use the -F option of ls command (so that directory name are displayed with a trailing slash)

Code:
cd a/ && find ./ -exec ls -Fd {} \; >/tmp/list_a
cd b/ && find ./ -exec ls -Fd {} \; >/tmp/list_b
sort /tmp/list_a >/tmp/list_a.s && rm /tmp/list_a
sort /tmp/list_b >/tmp/list_b.s && rm /tmp/list_b
cd /tmp && diff list_a.s list_b.s

Last edited by radoulov; 03-15-2011 at 08:30 AM.. Reason: Fixed code tags.
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# 5  
Old 03-13-2011
thx. good to know it.
-F I have never used this option... Smilie
# 6  
Old 03-13-2011
But what are you trying to achieve ? copy a full tree a/* to b/* ?
cp -R ?
or recreate only the same directory tree a/* to b/* ?
or compare name of dir and file under tree a/* and b/* ?

---------- Post updated at 11:12 PM ---------- Previous update was at 11:09 PM ----------

At least on my FreeBSD version, the ls option that add trailing / to the display of directory name is the option -F, maybe it can vary depending on what OS you run.
# 7  
Old 03-13-2011
i guess he want to compare stuffs under two directories.
regarding the -F. I just found out that ...... I have these in my .zshrc:
Code:
alias -g l='ls -lhF --color=auto'
alias -g la='ls -ahF --color=auto'
alias -g ll='ls -lahF --color=auto'

actually I am using -F everyday, I don't even know it .... OMG!
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