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Asked: 2026-05-11T18:45:40+00:00

The question emerged my original question here. I try to find the common elements

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The question emerged my original question here.

I try to find the common elements between the outputs of the two find-commands with a find-command. How can I get the command working?

find `find ~/bin/FilesDvorak/.* -maxdepth 0` -and `find ~/.PAST_RC_files/.*`
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  1. Editorial Team

    Would something like this work instead, rather than reinvent the wheel?

    diff -qrs ~/bin/FilesDvorak/ ~/.PAST_RC_files/ | grep -P "are identical|differ"

    You can play around with the grep to get the files present only in one of the dirs, etc.

    diff

    • -q –brief Output only whether files differ.
    • -r –recursive Recursively compare any subdirectories found.
    • -s –report-identical-files Report when two files are the same.

    grep

    • -P: Perl style regex. You can probably do away just fine without it though, I usually add it automatically.
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