UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi,

I use the diff command to compare two files and append this output to a file. I would like to now not only produce the differences but be able to output the total number of changes made, the number of new files added and the number of files deleted, is there I can do this using the diff command?

Thanks

to look for files that have been modified (or created ~ new files) in last 15 days:

Code:

find YOUR_PATH  -mtime -15 -print

to look for files that have not been used in last 15 days; only accessed:

Code:

find YOUR_PATH -type f -atime -15 -print

to count total accessed files in last 15 days under YOUR PATH :

Code:

find YOUR_PATH -type f -atime -15 -print | wc -l

You can try these commands for same directories giving same days to follow changes step by step and then you can redirect the output to a file. I dont know how to see the removed files.

regards

Sorry, think I have confused the situation. When using the diff command in general it will show the differences between two files but also it also identifies whether these differences are changed, new files have been added or files have been deleted and this is identified between each line of differences using the lettering a, d and c. I would like to now just simply summarise these diffs so that the total number a, d and c's are shown?

Thanks