On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 03:12:34PM -0500, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > > > LC_ALL=C diff -r dir1 dir2 | grep -v ^Only > > > > The size really doesn't matter for those extra large files. > > > > This works only if the extra 950 files are in just one directory. If the > extra files are there in both the directories, then it does not make sense > to compare all the 1000 files since I am interested only in the diff of 50 > files.
For this *not* to work, you have to use the option -N (or something comparable) to diff. -- Tzafrir Cohen | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | best ICQ# 16849754 | | friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
