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Old 08-02-2005, 05:43 AM   #1
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Bash script to compare dir contents

Could anyone advise me on a small bash script that would allow me to compare the contenents of two directories and report the differences.

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Old 08-02-2005, 05:46 AM   #2
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diff -r <dir1> <dir2>

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