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How to use the macOS command line to compare two folders’ contents in Terminal

Posted on July 10, 2022August 27, 2023 By bot

diff -rq folder1 folder2.

This is a pretty simple command, with two command-line switches (-rq). .

The r tells diff to look at each directory recursively, including subdirectories. The q switch sets diff in brief mode.
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