devops-exercises/exercises/shell/solutions/directories_comparison.md

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## Directories Comparison
### Objectives
1. You are given two directories as arguments and the output should be any difference between the two directories
### Solution
```
#!/usr/bin/env bash
help () {
echo "Usage: compare <filename1> <filename2>"
echo
}
validate_args() {
# Ensure that 2 arguments are passed
if [ $# != 2 ]
then
help
exit 1
fi
i=1
for dir in "$@"
do
# Validate existence of directories
if [ ! -d "$dir" ]
then
echo "Directory $dir does not exist"
exit 1
fi
echo "Directory $i: $dir"
i=$((i + 1))
done
echo
}
compare() {
echo "Comparing directories..."
echo
diff -r "$1" "$2"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
echo "No difference"
fi
exit 0
}
while getopts ":h" option; do
case $option in
h) # display Help
help
exit 0;;
\?) # invalid option
echo "Error: Invalid option"
exit 1;;
esac
done
validate_args "$@"
compare "$1" "$2"
```