Comments on: Compare Contents of Two Directories from the Command Line http://osxdaily.com/2012/11/08/compare-contents-of-two-directories-from-the-command-line/ News, tips, software, reviews, and more for Mac OS X, iPhone, iPad Sat, 25 May 2013 20:42:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: DG http://osxdaily.com/2012/11/08/compare-contents-of-two-directories-from-the-command-line/#comment-448627 DG Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:08:20 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=34303#comment-448627 Anybody know how to convert this to an Automator workflow that asks for the two folders? Anybody know how to convert this to an Automator workflow that asks for the two folders?

]]> By: Dirk http://osxdaily.com/2012/11/08/compare-contents-of-two-directories-from-the-command-line/#comment-448482 Dirk Fri, 09 Nov 2012 09:10:55 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=34303#comment-448482 diff -qr ~/Downloads/Pictures ~/Downloads/OldPictures or just more simple diff -qr ~/Downloads/{Pictures,OldPictures} diff -qr ~/Downloads/Pictures ~/Downloads/OldPictures

or just more simple
diff -qr ~/Downloads/{Pictures,OldPictures}

]]> By: Theo Vosse http://osxdaily.com/2012/11/08/compare-contents-of-two-directories-from-the-command-line/#comment-448445 Theo Vosse Fri, 09 Nov 2012 06:43:38 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=34303#comment-448445 Neat. I would never have thought of using comm for this. The output format is a bit clunky, but very workable. if you want to compare directories graphically: get FileMerge from Apple's Developer Tools (which can be called from the command line using "opendiff"). Neat. I would never have thought of using comm for this. The output format is a bit clunky, but very workable.

if you want to compare directories graphically: get FileMerge from Apple’s Developer Tools (which can be called from the command line using “opendiff”).

]]> By: Tonny http://osxdaily.com/2012/11/08/compare-contents-of-two-directories-from-the-command-line/#comment-448357 Tonny Fri, 09 Nov 2012 03:27:57 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=34303#comment-448357 Nice one, thanks.... It would be nice to have the same tricks for 2 TXT files, i mean the "Dif" of the content inside the .txt file...with finaly the command for remove dup & sort, can be by the way " sort -u"..., but the command for output & compare to files is ?????? Nice one, thanks….

It would be nice to have the same tricks for 2 TXT files, i mean the “Dif” of the content inside the .txt file…with finaly the command for remove dup & sort, can be by the way ” sort -u”…, but the command for output & compare to files is ??????

]]> By: Tedy http://osxdaily.com/2012/11/08/compare-contents-of-two-directories-from-the-command-line/#comment-448312 Tedy Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:43:19 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=34303#comment-448312 Upss...sorry, my mistake. There shouldn't be any space after < sign : $ comm -3 <(ls -l Downloads ) <(ls -l Pictures ) Thanks for the tips Upss…sorry, my mistake. There shouldn’t be any space after < sign :

$ comm -3 <(ls -l Downloads ) <(ls -l Pictures )

Thanks for the tips

]]> By: Tedy http://osxdaily.com/2012/11/08/compare-contents-of-two-directories-from-the-command-line/#comment-448310 Tedy Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:41:14 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=34303#comment-448310 It doesn't work on my Terminal : ttirtawi@macbook-air:~$ comm -3 < (ls -l Downloads ) < (ls -l Pictures ) -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `(' ttirtawi@macbook-air:~$ It doesn’t work on my Terminal :

ttirtawi@macbook-air:~$ comm -3 < (ls -l Downloads ) < (ls -l Pictures )
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
ttirtawi@macbook-air:~$

]]> By: parakeet http://osxdaily.com/2012/11/08/compare-contents-of-two-directories-from-the-command-line/#comment-448162 parakeet Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:15:29 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=34303#comment-448162 yes, but that wouldn't be the command line yes, but that wouldn’t be the command line

]]> By: Alex http://osxdaily.com/2012/11/08/compare-contents-of-two-directories-from-the-command-line/#comment-448125 Alex Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:40:29 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=34303#comment-448125 Instead we could use TotalFinder. Instead we could use TotalFinder.

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