Re: Script to compare 2 folders, including sub folders and files with content

diff -Nur /path/to/dir1 /path/to/dir2 should do the trick, list all differences in text files, and name different binary files. If all files are text files, but diff fails to recognise some of them, force ASCII mode: diff -Naur /path/to/dir1 /path/to/dir2.

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Re^2: Script to compare 2 folders, including sub folders and files with content by duelafn (Parson) on Jul 02, 2016 at 14:14 UTC
`-qrs` would be better since OP is only listing files, not the actual diff: `$ diff -qrs /tmp/A /tmp/B Only in /tmp/A: Math.aux Files /tmp/A/Math.log and /tmp/B/Math.log differ Files /tmp/A/Math.pdf and /tmp/B/Math.pdf differ Files /tmp/A/Math.tex and /tmp/B/Math.tex differ Files /tmp/A/MathLogo.jpg and /tmp/B/MathLogo.jpg are identical` [download] Update: Oh oops, looks like haukex already said this... I missed it behind the part of their post that actually answered the original question :). Think of this post as highlighting the alternate solution. Good Day, Dean	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^2: Script to compare 2 folders, including sub folders and files with content
by duelafn (Parson) on Jul 02, 2016 at 14:14 UTC

-qrs would be better since OP is only listing files, not the actual diff:

$ diff -qrs /tmp/A /tmp/B
Only in /tmp/A: Math.aux
Files /tmp/A/Math.log and /tmp/B/Math.log differ
Files /tmp/A/Math.pdf and /tmp/B/Math.pdf differ
Files /tmp/A/Math.tex and /tmp/B/Math.tex differ
Files /tmp/A/MathLogo.jpg and /tmp/B/MathLogo.jpg are identical
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Update: Oh oops, looks like haukex already said this... I missed it behind the part of their post that actually answered the original question :). Think of this post as highlighting the alternate solution.

Good Day,
Dean

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