[Linux general] copy diff of 2 folders to a separate folder

[Brian McKee]

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Thomas Kaiser <ubuntu at kaiser-linux.li> wrote:
> When I diff to folders, I get a output like this:
> Only in /var/www/images/stories/fruit: ABS.jpg
>
> Now, I would like to copy the "Only in" to a different folder (with full
> path name, if possible).


ugly as sin, but I suspect works (untested!)

diff -rq folder1 folder2 | awk -F ': ' '{print $2}' > listOfFilesToCopy.txt
for ITEM in $(cat listOfFilesToCopy.txt) ; do cp -v "$ITEM" outputFolder ; done


You'll want to review listOfFilesToCopy.txt before you run step two -
and I'd insert an echo in there to make sure of the output the first
time thru the loop.
Not responsible if you dog joins AA etc....

Brian

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