XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: Bears@invalid.com   
      
   On 3/12/23 15:08, this is what Neil wrote:   
   > I've been doing this manually but I'm asking if there is a better way.   
   >   
   > I have two folders of text files, some of which have duplicate file names.   
   > The _contents_ of those text files, even with the same name, are different.   
   > But everything is dependent only on the file names (not on their contents).   
   >   
   > Folder A is the master folder containing thousands of A\*.txt files.   
   > Folder B is the folder whose new files (only!) are added to folder A.   
   >   
   > That is, if a B\*.txt file name is already in folder A, it's not added.   
   > Only if a B\*.txt file name is NOT already in folder A, is it added.   
   > Folder A always grows but it never contains a duplicate file name from B.   
   >   
   > What I need is a list of the files that were in folder B that were not   
   > duplicates of what was already in folder A when they were copied/moved.   
   >   
   > Is there an easy way to obtain that list which is better than how I'm   
   > manually doing it today, which is to make a list of what file names are   
   > originally in A and I make a list of the file names in B that are left   
   > after I copy/move the files over without duplication and then I subtract   
   > one list from the other.   
   >   
   > Is there an easier way to get that list of what file names are in folder B   
   that aren't yet in folder A when I move just   
   > those files over?   
   You might use meld.   
   meld     
   It will highlight all the files that are not in A.  Also it will highlight all   
   the files that are in both but the text   
   in them is diff.   
      
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