34 lines
805 B
Org Mode
34 lines
805 B
Org Mode
#+options: toc:nil num:nil
|
|
|
|
* Comparing the content of two files or directories
|
|
~diff~ is a command line utility used to compare two files or directories
|
|
|
|
** Compare files
|
|
|
|
To compare the content of two files use something like
|
|
|
|
#+begin_example bash
|
|
diff file1.txt file2.txt
|
|
#+end_example
|
|
|
|
You can redirect the output to a file and make a patch: a file containing the differences between both files
|
|
|
|
#+begin_example bash
|
|
diff file1.txt file2.txt patch.txt
|
|
#+end_example
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
** Comparing directories
|
|
|
|
|
|
Some arguments may be hepful to have an output showing the differences between two directories:
|
|
~--brief~ (show only the differences) and ~-r~ (compare the directories that are located within the main directory also)
|
|
|
|
#+begin_example bash
|
|
diff --brief -r directory1 directory2
|
|
#+end_example
|
|
|
|
|