Re: directories comparision

In <q22e8dijqc1g$.1tf2vvub3wvbz$.dlg@xxxxxxxxxx> nawfer <novalidsforspam@xxxxxx> writes:

is possible with a command or only with external tool?

That depends on what you mean by "compare directories". Are you
comparing only filenames? Dates and sizes? Subdirectories?

If you're just comparing filenames, then you could do a simple ls on
each directory, save those results to a file, and run "diff" on the two
files.

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John Gordon A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs
gordon@xxxxxxxxx B is for Basil, assaulted by bears
-- Edward Gorey, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies"

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