38 lines
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38 lines
767 B
Markdown
## Directories Comparison
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### Objectives
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1. You are given two directories as arguments and the output should be any difference between the two directories
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### Solution 1
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Suppose the name of the bash script is ```dirdiff.sh```
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```
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#!/bin/bash
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if test $# -ne 2
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then
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echo -e "USAGE: ./dirdiff.sh directory1 directory2"
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exit 1
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fi
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# check for the checksums.
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# If both the checksums same, then both directories are same
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if test `ls -1 $1 | sort | md5sum | awk -F " " '{print $1}'` == `ls -1 $2 | sort | md5sum | awk -F " " '{print $1}'`
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then
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echo -e "No difference between the 2 directories"
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exit 0
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fi
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diff -q $1 $2
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```
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### Solution 2
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With gnu find, you can use diff to compare directories recursively.
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```shell
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diff --recursive directory1 directory2
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```
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