Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2020 22:44:40 +0100 From: Per olof Ljungmark <peo@nethead.se> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: simple shell script to compare two dirs recursively Message-ID: <66b0d570-4e46-7971-5d30-33256feeda55@nethead.se> In-Reply-To: <20201102220603.3b69f35c@archlinux> References: <34dfc85a-b985-e31f-a6b2-cf14f1f56fd2@nethead.se> <alpine.BSF.2.21.9999.2011021932160.72530@fledge.watson.org> <20201102220603.3b69f35c@archlinux>
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On 2020-11-02 22:06, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2 Nov 2020 19:45:42 +0000 (UTC), doug wrote: >> then awk is your best friend > > I seriously doubt that diff in combination with awk is a friend, if the > premiss is... > > On Mon, 2 Nov 2020 19:11:41 +0100, Per olof Ljungmark wrote: >> I could *probably* cook this myself with some time and patience, but >> now it is somewhat urgent, so if someone likes to share their already >> working solution I would be most grateful. > > ...unless you already know what to do. > > IIUC the OP is asking for a script ruling out pitfalls of "simple" diff > + whatsover usage, without a time consuming learning curve. > > I don't have got the skills to provide a solution, since I'm aware of > at least a few possible pitfalls. > > It might be helpful to know what paths should be compared, resp. what > the possible contend of those paths (most likely) is. Thank you for your responses. It is to keep track of a Wordpress plugin that we must do changes to in the php code, I'm just trying to figure out a way to apply our changes after the plugin is updated and our alterations are overwritten. In a way that is simple, that is. Per
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