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Old 07-14-2020, 06:50 PM   #1
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compare two file trees

is there a command to compare two file trees? or should i create a script to do this?
 
Old 07-14-2020, 07:29 PM   #2
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Per this serverfault thread, dirdiff might do what you need.
 
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Old 07-15-2020, 02:47 AM   #3
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If you're after a command-line tool, there is also diffoscope.
 
Old 07-15-2020, 10:01 PM   #4
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i installed both to try them out. Ubuntu has them both, but OMG diffoscope has a massive bunch of dependency packages (225 new packages for me).
 
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Well, diffoscope can much more than just compare two directory trees. See examples on https://diffoscope.org
 
  


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