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I have two directories with the same list of files. I need to compare all the files present in both the directories using the diff command. Is there a simple command line option to do it, or do I have to write a shell script to get the file listing and then iterate through them?
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Click on the “Select Files or Folders” tab in the far left, to start a new comparison. Each comparison you run opens in a new tab. To start a new comparison, click on the “Select Files or Folders” tab in the far left, change the targets and click “Compare” again.
Use the dircmp command to compare two directories specified by the Directory1 and Directory2 parameters and write information about their contents to standard output. First, the dircmp command compares the file names in each directory.
Using Meld Visual Diff and Merge Tool Click on directory comparison and move to the next interface. Select the directories you want to compare, note that you can add a third directory by checking the option “3-way Comparison”. Once you selected the directories, click on “Compare”.
You can use the diff command for that:
diff -bur folder1/ folder2/ This will output a recursive diff that ignore spaces, with a unified context:
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If you are only interested to see the files that differ, you may use:
diff -qr dir_one dir_two | sort Option "q" will only show the files that differ but not the content that differ, and "sort" will arrange the output alphabetically.
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