Linux: Show Difference Between Directories

By Xah Lee. Date: .

Find Difference Between Directories

diff -r --brief dirpath1 dirpath2
compare 2 directories, show only missing files/dir
  • -r means recurvise (all subdirs)
  • --brief means only output if files differ (as opposed to how they differ) or non-existant.

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