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# 1  
Old 07-14-2016
Compare md5sum two servers' setup
I'm trying to think of a way to compare two boxes and make sure their files will be the same. There may be extra files on one side and some on the other.

I also need to make sure the file content is identical.

So far I've gotten this to create a file

Code:
 find /directorypath/ -type f -name "*" | xargs -n 1 md5sum >comparefile.txt

Code:
3e799eb050da202e454b5691f978d84b  /apps/RWS/jboss-222beta/RWS-db2-400-xa-ds.xml
ba813e839cd5da0fe2ad6cd673d36bdc  /apps/RWS/jboss-222beta/CustomInstall.script
5c37052421ac10f4201f33383dfa9713  /apps/RWS/jboss-222beta/deploy/BIRestServiceDynamic.war
ed98c36f719d2e227b0401963873f96c  /apps/RWS/jboss-222beta/deploy/mail-service.xml
95c8877f45cfc5fb1b180af711ef6214  /apps/RWS/jboss-222beta/deploy/HistoricalUserQualityService.war
e92758e35d1a5e6bdb1ba76bd062232e  /apps/RWS/jboss-222beta/deploy/properties-service.xml
fef27f2f1818242a6def643c6b6878cf  /apps/RWS/jboss-222beta/deploy/RWSEmailService.ear

So I can run this on two different boxes but how can I get them to do a compare on the hash in a readable format and then show extra files on one side vs. the other.

Thanks for any help
# 2  
Old 07-15-2016
sort either result file and then diff them?
# 3  
Old 07-15-2016
Hi.

The utility rsync:
Code:
       Rsync finds files that need to be transferred  using  a  "quick  check"
       algorithm  (by  default) that looks for files that have changed in size
       or  in  last-modified  time.

excerpt from man rysnc

It allows an option:
Code:
        -n, --dry-run               perform a trial run with no changes made

Best wishes ... cheers, drl
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# 4  
Old 07-20-2016
Yeah they may not have changed in size, there may be one character difference, so the size might be identical. That's why I was trying to use md5sum to compare and make sure everythying is identical.....
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