Hi

On Fri, 02 Jun 2023 20:28:10 -0600 home user wrote:

> But diff can't compare contents of binary files.

No: it can:

  diff /bin/ls /bin/pwd
  Binary files /bin/ls and /bin/pwd differ

In your case you only need to know if the files differ, thus use

  diff --brief -r ...

diff --brief /bin/ls /bin/pwd
Files /bin/ls and /bin/pwd differ

-- 
francis
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