Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2020 22:06:03 +0100 From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: simple shell script to compare two dirs recursively Message-ID: <20201102220603.3b69f35c@archlinux> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.21.9999.2011021932160.72530@fledge.watson.org> References: <34dfc85a-b985-e31f-a6b2-cf14f1f56fd2@nethead.se> <alpine.BSF.2.21.9999.2011021932160.72530@fledge.watson.org>
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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.
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