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two arguments can be files or directories. if two files are supplied.

How to check if they have the same content and print a success or failure outcome??

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Code:

ruby -e 'p gets(nil)==gets(nil) if File.file? $*[0]'

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Code:

diff "$1" "$2" && echo "No differences" || echo "Files differ"

$1, $2 are the two arguments.

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