Python filecmp

Research query: Python filecmp · jobs: 1 · on-topic sources: 1 · review: Thin

Overview

Here is a simplified example of using the subdirs attribute to search recursively through two directories to show common different files: from filecmp import dircmp def print_diff_files(dcmp): ... for name in dcmp.diff_files: ... print("diff_file %s found in %s and %s" % (name, dcmp.left, ... dcmp.right)) ... for sub_dcmp in dcmp.subdirs.values(): ... print_diff_files(sub_dcmp) ... dcmp = dircmp('dir1', 'dir2') print_diff_files(dcmp) Table of Contents filecmp — File and Directory Comparisons The dircmp class Previous topic stat — Interpreting stat() results Next topic tempfile — Generate temporary files and directories This page Report a bug Show source « Navigation index modules | next | previous | Python » 3.13.18 Documentation » The Python standard library » File and Directory Access » filecmp — File and Directory Comparisons | Theme Auto Light Dark | © Copyright 2001-2026, Python Software Foundation. — filecmp — File and Directory Comparisons — Python 3.13.18 documentation (2001)

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filecmp — File and Directory Comparisons — Python 3.13.18 documentation (2001)

filecmp — File and Directory Comparisons — Python 3.13.18 documentation Navigation index modules | next | previous | Python » 3.13.18 Documentation » The Python standard library » File and Directory Access » filecmp — File and Directory Comparisons | Theme Auto Light Dark | filecmp — File and Directory Comparisons¶ Source code: Lib/filecmp.py The filecmp module defines functions to compare files and directories, with various optional time/correctness trade-offs. (new this job) — source

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Review

Status Thin. Verified claims 3. On-topic sources 1 (reused 0). Dropped 0 collector hit(s) and 0 off-topic local claim(s). Conflicts 0. Coverage: python, filecmp.

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