Comments on: Using Perl to compare two directories http://www.bradrice.com/wposx/archives/65 This site is about scripting with a particular emphasis on OS X. Other things OS X, too. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:23:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: bradrice http://www.bradrice.com/wposx/archives/65#comment-114 bradrice Sun, 01 Jan 2006 13:10:48 +0000 http://www.bradrice.com/wposx/?p=65#comment-114 <i>~Editors note - Thanks. Actually, I was wondering if diff could be used. I guess I used a air gun to put a wall hanger up:) - Brad</i> ~Editors note - Thanks. Actually, I was wondering if diff could be used. I guess I used a air gun to put a wall hanger up:) - Brad

]]> By: Andrei Popov http://www.bradrice.com/wposx/archives/65#comment-112 Andrei Popov Fri, 30 Dec 2005 07:20:36 +0000 http://www.bradrice.com/wposx/?p=65#comment-112 You can achieve pretty much the same effect by running diff on these two directories like so: diff -r firstDir secondDir As an added bonus, if the same file exists in bot dierectories, but different, you will be notified as well. You can achieve pretty much the same effect by running diff on these two directories like so:

diff -r firstDir secondDir

As an added bonus, if the same file exists in bot dierectories, but different, you will be notified as well.

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