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createDiffs.sh bash script to show differences in files between two folders using the *nix command diff
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#!/bin/bash | |
set -e | |
set -u | |
set -o pipefail | |
SOURCE_PATH=$1 | |
DESTINATION_PATH=$2 | |
sourceFiles=$(ls -l ${SOURCE_PATH}/ | wc -l) | |
echo "Number of files in source folder ${SOURCE_PATH}: ${sourceFiles}" | |
destinationFiles=$(ls -l ${DESTINATION_PATH}/ | wc -l) | |
echo "Number of files in destination folder ${DESTINATION_PATH}: ${destinationFiles}" | |
echo "Enlisting declarations that have changed" | |
rm which_declarations_differ.txt || true | |
diff -q --suppress-common-lines -y -d --strip-trailing-cr \ | |
"${SOURCE_PATH}" "${DESTINATION_PATH}" > which_declarations_differ.txt || true | |
echo "Enlisting differences between the declarations (before and after)" | |
rm differences_between_changes.txt || true | |
touch differences_between_changes.txt | |
for filenameWithPath in ${SOURCE_PATH}/*; do | |
filenameOnly="$(basename ${filenameWithPath})" | |
#echo "Searching for ${filenameOnly} in which_declarations_differ.txt" | |
foundFile="$(grep ${filenameOnly} which_declarations_differ.txt || true)" | |
if [[ ! -z "${foundFile}" ]]; then | |
echo "Found ${filenameOnly} in which_declarations_differ.txt" | |
rm each_diff.txt || true | |
diff --suppress-common-lines -y -d --strip-trailing-cr "${SOURCE_PATH}/${filenameOnly}" "${DESTINATION_PATH}/${filenameOnly}" > each_diff.txt || true | |
if [[ -s each_diff.txt ]]; then | |
echo "" >> differences_between_changes.txt | |
echo "Comparing ${SOURCE_PATH}/${filenameOnly} and ${DESTINATION_PATH}/${filenameOnly}" >> differences_between_changes.txt | |
cat each_diff.txt >> differences_between_changes.txt | |
echo "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" >> differences_between_changes.txt | |
echo "" >> differences_between_changes.txt | |
fi | |
fi | |
done |
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