Hi On Fri, 02 Jun 2023 20:28:10 -0600 home user wrote: > But diff can't compare contents of binary files. No: it can: diff /bin/ls /bin/pwd Binary files /bin/ls and /bin/pwd differ In your case you only need to know if the files differ, thus use diff --brief -r ... diff --brief /bin/ls /bin/pwd Files /bin/ls and /bin/pwd differ -- francis _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue