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Old 10-18-2008, 02:48 PM   #1
stympman
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Need help writing a bash script

I need to write a bash script that will compare a file that had the output from the ls command and the current output from ls. The problem I'm having is how to compare the two outputs, list any missing files and then update the .logfile
 
Old 10-18-2008, 03:14 PM   #2
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Have you tried diff?
 
Old 10-18-2008, 07:55 PM   #3
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What have you tried? What do the files look like? What logfile??
 
  


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