How to check what files have been customised in /etc?

Little Girl littlergirl at gmail.com
Sun Dec 13 12:05:36 UTC 2020


Hey there,

Chris Green wrote:

>However there are inevitably a few global customisations in /etc and
>I'd like to track them as well if possible.  I can configure ways to
>track them now but can anyone suggest a way to find all the changes I
>have done over the years in /etc?

If the program(s) that you made the changes with were polite, they
will have made backups. You could make sure that you're able to see
hidden files in the program you're using to look and then do a search
for any files with extensions that end in .bak or a tilde. You could
then do a comparison between the backup files and the current files
to see what was changed.

-- 
Little Girl

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