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If it's only required to check whether they're identical (without immediately seeing difference) it might also be acceptable to replace the diff ... command with something like [[ $(md5sum project1/"$filename") = $(md5sum project2/"$filename") ]] || echo $filename differs.

cryptarch
– cryptarch

2018-11-12 02:32:09 +00:00
Commented Nov 12, 2018 at 2:32
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@cryptarch: Your comment is very helpful. And it works great. I would also add that if you are on a Mac or OS X, you better substitute md5 for md5sum.

Mowzer
– Mowzer

2018-11-29 19:41:26 +00:00
Commented Nov 29, 2018 at 19:41

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