same files from different directories

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How to list and compare the similar files from different directories using single command on Linux? Let's suppose there are three files a, b and c in directory /home/test and a, d, c files in another directory, /home/test1.

How can I list and compare similar files using a single command?

Are you interested in comparing the file contents or the file names, or some other aspect of the files? — Kusalananda, Apr 13 '19 at 12:08
Also, "similar" implies "almost the same". Could you elaborate on that? — Kusalananda, Apr 13 '19 at 13:46

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '19 at 12:39

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This command will compare the file names in each directory and also report if any of the shared file names differ:

$ diff -qr /home/test /home/test1
Files /home/test/a and /home/test1/a differ
Only in /home/test: b
Only in /home/test1: d

edited Apr 13 '19 at 12:39

terdon

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answered Apr 13 '19 at 12:07

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 13 '19 at 13:44

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kdiff3 is a good graphical tool. It can compare files and directories.

answered Apr 13 '19 at 13:44

ctrl-alt-delor

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same files from different directories

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