Compare Two Text Files Using Diff

[morganelan]

Hi, any one can help me, I have one problem:

I have 2 directories: /diff and /diff1

In both of those directories, there are many files that have the same name :
file1,file2,file3 .......,filen....
How to create a log file that describe the difference between the two text files and have the following format:

File_Name Difference file created date
file1 /diff/file1:blabla.... dd-mm-yyyy
/diff/diff1/file1:blabla... dd-mm-yyyy
file2 /diff/file2:blabla.... dd-mm-yyyy
/diff/diff1/file2:blabla... dd-mm-yyyy
..... .......... .........

filen /diff/filen:blabla.... dd-mm-yyyy
/diff/diff1/filen:blabla... dd-mm-yyyy

Thank you in advance.

[Yogeeraj_1]

hi,

try: dircmp -d dir1 dir2

dircmp examines dir1 and dir2 and generates various tabulated information about the contents of the directories. Sorted listings of files that are unique to each directory are generated for all the options. If no option is entered, a sorted list is output indicating whether the filenames common to both directories have the same contents.

hth
Yogeeraj

[Christian Gebhardt]

Try this

#!/bin/sh

cd

for file in `ls diff`
do
ls -l diff/$file | awk '{printf("%s %s-%s-%s\n",$9,$7,$6,$8)}'
ls -l diff1/$file | awk '{printf("%s %s-%s-%s\n",$9,$7,$6,$8)}'
echo "diff/$file | diff1/$file"
sdiff diff/$file diff1/$file
echo
done


Chris

[john korterman]

Hi,
try the attached script as a starting point. DIR1 and DIR2 must be configured to point at the two dirs you want to compare.

regards,
John K.