Timeline for How does "diff --exclude" work?
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| Nov 29, 2024 at 10:39 | comment | added | Kusalananda♦ | @Malkavian If the files/directories are not called exactly lib and cache, then use a pattern, e.g. --exclude='*.cache' or --exclude='*cache' or something similar (remember quote the pattern). | |
| Nov 29, 2024 at 10:23 | comment | added | Malkavian | i am trying to compare 2 web app using: " diff -rq /opt/tomcat10/webapps/app1 /opt/tomcat9/webapps/app1 --exclude=lib --exclude=class " but it seems to keep listing the .class and lib-provided | |
| Jul 9, 2019 at 7:17 | comment | added | Brain90 | thanks for pointing "The pattern is applied to the basename of files and directories, not to pathnames". its very helpful. | |
| Mar 21, 2019 at 20:03 | vote | accept | d512 | ||
| Mar 20, 2019 at 19:32 | history | edited | Kusalananda♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 | added 12 characters in body |
| Mar 20, 2019 at 19:25 | history | edited | Kusalananda♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 | deleted 25 characters in body |
| Mar 20, 2019 at 19:19 | history | answered | Kusalananda♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |