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How would that work for recursive diff when I need to diff two directories?
– lanoxx
Commented Oct 2, 2015 at 10:16
@lanoxx diff -r dir1 dir2 for directories, to limit it you'll probably want to pipe that to something else. If you have specifics open a new question and give a link here.
– nerdwaller
Commented Oct 2, 2015 at 15:08
Well basically the same question just recursively: Diff only ( the first n lines | everything except the first n lines) for for all files in two directories.
– lanoxx
Commented Oct 4, 2015 at 16:07
@lanoxx like I said, make a new question and link it. It's best practice for the super user community instead of expanding the scope of some other user's question.
– nerdwaller
Commented Oct 4, 2015 at 16:09
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@Veridian What shell are you using? This is bash specific, so you may need to call bash -c "diff <(...) <(...)"
– nerdwaller
Commented May 10, 2016 at 19:20

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