Shell script program to compare two directories.
#!/bin/bash
# cmp_dir - program to compare two directories
# Check for required arguments
if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
echo "usage: $0 directory_1 directory_2" 1>&2
exit 1
fi
# Make sure both arguments are directories
if [ ! -d $1 ]; then
echo "$1 is not a directory!" 1>&2
exit 1
fi
if [ ! -d $2 ]; then
echo "$2 is not a directory!" 1>&2
exit 1
fi
# Process each file in directory_1, comparing it to directory_2
missing=0
for filename in $1/*; do
fn=$(basename "$filename")
if [ -f "$filename" ]; then
if [ ! -f "$2/$fn" ]; then
echo "$fn is missing from $2"
missing=$((missing + 1))
fi
fi
done
echo "$missing files missing"