[G4] Comparing Folder contents

[David DelMonte]

cool. thanks

On Thursday, July 3, 2003, at 01:35  PM, John Haffner wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> You can use the diff command with two directory names (folders) as 
> your arguments, as in:
>
> diff Widgets OlderWidgets
>
> You'll get a listing of files that are only in one directory or the 
> other, and of files that are in both. It will even search recursively 
> if you ask. More options available under man diff.
>
>
> I would imagine you could pipe the output to a file, sorting it as you 
> go...
>
> Best Regards,
>
> John Haffner
>
> On Thursday, July 3, 2003, at 05:21  AM, Wilkin, Wayne (Mass) wrote:
>
>>  You can do an ls -la on each directory. this will give you a list of 
>> all
>> files even hidden ones by using the terminal..
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David DelMonte
>>
>
>> Forgive the posting to multiple lists, but is there any way in OS/X 
>> (or
>> through terminal) to compare the contents of two folders?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> David
>
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