movie-compare-dvd(1)

📦 version 1.6.1, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💿 movie-compare-dvd — the vibe check for your burns

okay bestie, so this one's from the videotrans family of man pages, and honestly? it's giving peace of mind. ✨

✨ NAME ✨

movie-compare-dvd — literally just here to tell you whether your burn actually worked 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

movie-compare-dvd directory1_to_check directory2_to_check

two directories, that's it, that's the whole thing. no flags, no drama. 🦋

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so here's the tea ☕ — this program takes two directory names and compares every single file in the two directories against each other. fr fr, all of them.

the way I use it? I compare the files on a freshly burnt DVD against the originals, because not knowing if your burn worked is a personal attack 😭. but ngl, the program is flexible like that — it can compare any two directories for differences. no DVD required. main character energy tbh. 👑

and it's smart about one thing that would otherwise ruin your whole day: it takes into account that files might be named slightly differently in the different directories. currently, it knows that:

  • lowercase and uppercase letters should be treated as being the same 🔤
  • the underscore and minus signs are treated equally (_ vs -, they're the same bestie, don't stress)

🩺 DIAGNOSTICS 🩺

this is the moment of truth. the vibe check. the ✨reckoning✨.

  • if the directories are equal, the program will report "The files are the same" 🫶 — cue the confetti, you ate.
  • if the directories are not the same, the program will report "The files are NOT the same" 💀 and will report the differences in diff-style output. and in this case — listen carefully bestie — the program will exit with a non-zero exit code. that's your script's cue to panic. respect it.
no cap: if you're scripting this, that exit code is the whole point. non-zero means not the same. don't ignore it. 🙈

🧚 EXAMPLE 🧚

the command line I use most often is:

movie-compare-dvd dvd_buffer_directory /dvdmount

iconic. simple. gets the job done. 🍓

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read them, iykyk 📚✨

👑 AUTHOR 👑

the author is Sven Berkvens-Matthijsse (sven@berkvens.net). please send any project related e-mail to videotrans@berkvens.net. 🫶

💀 BUGS 💀

None known. 💖 Please report any bugs to videotrans@berkvens.net!

mwah 💋 that's the whole page, bestie — brought to you by videotrans, the movie-compare-dvd(1) page from the videotrans manual. go verify that burn and slay. ✨💅🌈

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