https://github.com/luciopaiva/unlike

Shows differences between two directories
https://github.com/luciopaiva/unlike

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Shows differences between two directories

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/luciopaiva/unlike
• Owner: luciopaiva
• Created: 2014-11-21T23:17:26.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2014-12-07T02:38:25.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-06-10T05:04:21.252Z (4 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 504 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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unlike

======

Command line tool to point differences between two folders.

``unlike`` will compare both folders and give a detailed description of what is different from one 

folder to the other. ``unlike`` is safe to use; it will not change the contents of any folder.

## Installation

    npm install --global unlike

It should work fine in Linux and OSX. I don't expect it to work in Windows because I haven't tested yet. Let me know if it does.

## How to use

    unlike [options]  

Available options:

* ``-s``, ``--size``: compare file sizes

* ``-a``, ``--atime``: compare file access times

* ``-m``, ``--mtime``: compare file modified times

* ``-c``, ``--ctime``: compare file change times

* ``-v``, ``--verbose``: toggle verbose mode

If no option is passed, ``unlike`` treats files as equal sufficing that their names are equal, even if their sizes differ.

Beware option ``-c`` does not compare file *creation* times, but file *change* times! See [what Google has to say about it](https://www.google.com/#q=Difference+between+mtime%2C+ctime+and+atime).

## Example

Assuming the following folder structure:

    f1/

        a   // file contains string "123\n"

        b   // file contains string "456\n"

    f2/

        a   // file contains string "123\n"

        b   // file is empty

        d

Issuing the command below will produce the following output:

![command output](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/6631859/5152924/c195b8c4-71f1-11e4-939b-cf6dad1cf3ba.png)

## To do

Add the following checks:

* files having different contents (maybe using [checksum](https://github.com/dshaw/checksum))

* files with different access modes