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diff: Compare directories, only showing the names of files that differ.

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$ diff --recursive --brief ${old_directory} ${new_directory}

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The diff --recursive --brief command is used to compare and report the differences between two directories.

Here is a breakdown of the command:

diff is the command used to compare files or directories.
--recursive option is used to perform a recursive comparison, which means it will compare the contents of directories and their subdirectories.
--brief option is used to provide a brief output by only showing whether the files are different or not, instead of displaying all the changes line by line.

${old_directory} and ${new_directory} are variables representing the paths to the old and new directories that you want to compare. These variables should be replaced with the actual directory paths you want to compare.

Overall, the command will perform a recursive comparison of the given directories and provide a brief output indicating if there are any differences between the files in those directories.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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