On 09/24/2013 01:59 AM, Dani Moncayo wrote: > [Please, keep my address in CC, as I'm not subscribed to this list] > > Hello, > > I'm badly missing an "--include" option in "diff", which would have > the inverse effect of "--exclude", i.e., to consider only files whose > names _do_ match a certain pattern. > > I've been searching the internet and also this mailing list, seeking a > way of doing this, but I've failed so far, and I'm quite surprised > that such a feature isn't implemented already.
Ah, but why should we bloat diff when find already gives you what you want:
find . -name '*.txt' -exec diff {} other/{} \;
will run diff on only files ending in *.txt, when comparing . against
other/.
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Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266
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