Comments on: Compare two directories contents on your Mac using diff http://osxdaily.com/2010/07/12/compare-two-directories-contents-on-your-mac-using-diff/ News, tips, software, reviews, and more for Mac OS X, iPhone, iPad Sun, 19 May 2013 22:41:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Milly http://osxdaily.com/2010/07/12/compare-two-directories-contents-on-your-mac-using-diff/#comment-475825 Milly Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:37:11 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=4050#comment-475825 it has worked for everybody who is capable to open the built-in application "Terminal" and then write "diff -rq" followed by the names of the two directories. For those unable to open applications or unable to write 7 characters in a specified sequence it has not worked. it has worked for everybody who is capable to open the built-in application “Terminal” and then write “diff -rq” followed by the names of the two directories.

For those unable to open applications or unable to write 7 characters in a specified sequence it has not worked.

]]> By: Compare Contents of Two Directories from the Command Line http://osxdaily.com/2010/07/12/compare-two-directories-contents-on-your-mac-using-diff/#comment-448116 Compare Contents of Two Directories from the Command Line Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:37:45 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=4050#comment-448116 [...] list the different contents of two directories without the extra output you get through commands like diff, you can use the comm command instead. To get started, launch Terminal and type the following [...] [...] list the different contents of two directories without the extra output you get through commands like diff, you can use the comm command instead. To get started, launch Terminal and type the following [...]

]]> By: Save a List of Files & Folder Contents Into a Text File http://osxdaily.com/2010/07/12/compare-two-directories-contents-on-your-mac-using-diff/#comment-436333 Save a List of Files & Folder Contents Into a Text File Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:55:37 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=4050#comment-436333 [...] command line approach also lets you do things like compare two directory listings by using the diff command, that can either be done by comparing the output files against each other, or even directly [...] [...] command line approach also lets you do things like compare two directory listings by using the diff command, that can either be done by comparing the output files against each other, or even directly [...]

]]> By: Howard http://osxdaily.com/2010/07/12/compare-two-directories-contents-on-your-mac-using-diff/#comment-417330 Howard Wed, 15 Aug 2012 05:55:36 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=4050#comment-417330 has this EVER worked for anyone who's not a programmer ? has this EVER worked for anyone who’s not a programmer ?

]]> By: Brian http://osxdaily.com/2010/07/12/compare-two-directories-contents-on-your-mac-using-diff/#comment-123632 Brian Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:59:07 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=4050#comment-123632 To take this to the next step, for me, would be to move the different files to another directory or to simply highlight them in a finder window. I have 2 folders: one with TIFs and one with PDFs that were made from the TIFs. Not all the TIFs processed so I need to see which ones I need to run again. So ideally I only need to see the TIFs that don't have a match in the PDF folder. Any help would be greatly appreciated. To take this to the next step, for me, would be to move the different files to another directory or to simply highlight them in a finder window.

I have 2 folders: one with TIFs and one with PDFs that were made from the TIFs. Not all the TIFs processed so I need to see which ones I need to run again. So ideally I only need to see the TIFs that don’t have a match in the PDF folder.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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