Comparing two directories

[Volker Wysk]

Am Dienstag, den 27.08.2019, 18:38 -0400 schrieb Lee Underwood:
> I have a directory with graphics in it, i.e., Graphics/example. In
> order to include it in the shortcuts listing I renamed it, i.e.,
> Graphics/Graphics-example  (or at least that is what I thought I had
> done.). However, I somehow created a new directory with the files
> copied to it. Over time, w/o noticing, I have saved files to both
> sub-directories. How can I compare the two directories to find any
> different files?

"diff -r --brief" shows the differences of two directory trees. You
might also use "fdupes", which finds duplicates. You can also delete
them with it. 

See the man pages for details.

Cheers
Volker