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diff
Article by:Geoffrey Hunter
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Overview
The command-line Linux program diff
allows you to check for differences between files and folders.
Compare Two Folders
The following command will make diff
compare two folders:
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Compare Two Files
The syntax is pretty much the same as if you were to compare two folders. The following command will make diff
compare two files:
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Quietning The Output
The -q
option tells diff to print less output. When comparing folders, this will stop diff from printing the changed content of a file it recognises in both folders, and instead will just tell you that the file has been changed.
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