Check if two files are different sizes in Bash

I would like to write a script that compares the files for size and deletes the smaller of the two. Thanks! - OSX, X11, bash

Want to check file sizes in a Linux system? Learn how to do so using four different commands: du, ls, stat, and wc.

Using the ls command: The ls command can display file sizes in a human-readable format. You can use this to quickly compare the sizes of files in a directory.

I'm trying to compare the size of two files in shell script but I'm getting a test: 32: 8: unexpected operator error.

How do compare file sizes of two files, then do something only if the two files are of different sizes, in Bash? bash · filesize · stat · Share.

We have two zip files and would like to compare them. We're also interested in calculating the percentage difference between them and the file size.

For diffing binaries with the intent of counting the differences, you might use radiff2 , which you could search for in your Linux repository ( ...

You can use the stat(1) command to find the size of a file given its path. In your example, taking a file path as argument: filesize=$(stat --format=%s $1)

Just use diff directly: diff -r $PATH1 $PATH2 That will recursively ( -r ) compare the directories and report whether files are present or missing.

I'm trying to compare 2 directories to verify they are equal in size/file count. Doing du -sb /path on both paths results in slightly different numbers.