Compare two folders(recursively) for file names and file contents
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Compare two folders(recursively) for file names and file contents
Dear all,
I have received a hard disk from our technical department that has my data copied to a larger hard disk. I still also have the original disk with me and I was thinking if thereŽis any way to compare files and folders differences (not only file names as diff returns but also in their contents, so to make sure that the copy worked ok).
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What do you suggest?
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Dry run with the update switch (-u) meaning it will only overwrite changed files.
Code:
rsync -ruptvn src/ dst/ > /tmp/output
Then you can edit the output file and delete the "speedup" output from the top and bottom so you just have the files to work with. Then you can run a diff...
Basicaly, you run diff with two flags "qr" as follows:
diff -qr dir1 dir2
Make shure you substitute dir1 and dir2 with the directory paths that you want to compare. It will let you know if there are any diferences in directory structure and file contents.
Basicaly, you run diff with two flags "qr" as follows:
diff -qr dir1 dir2
Make shure you substitute dir1 and dir2 with the directory paths that you want to compare. It will let you know if there are any diferences in directory structure and file contents.
Regards.
Does diff also consider contents of the files - not only file names?
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