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rusted

Is there any way to get the list of files that FFS is considering for comparison? The number of files shown in FFS after compare is much larger than the actual number of files in the compare directory. For example, FFS comparison displays 21,770 files whereas "find . -type f | wc -l" outputs 12,014 files. Even if I include directories, "find . | wc -l", the count is only 14,469.

Thanks
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xCSxXenon

You can export the list after a comparison. FFS will also find hidden items, so you won't see those normally until you change an OS setting to reveal them.
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therube

Pretty sure find will find hidden (& links of various types, & ...).

That said, thinking your FFS Compare includes directories not included in your find .
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rusted

You can export the list after a comparison. FFS will also find hidden items, so you won't see those normally until you change an OS setting to reveal them. xCSxXenon, 04 Apr 2025, 03:44
From what I can see, export only shows files that were found different by FFS Compare. I want the list of all files that were compared.
Pretty sure find will find hidden (& links of various types, & ...).

That said, thinking your FFS Compare includes directories not included in your find . therube, 04 Apr 2025, 15:29
This is exactly the reason I want to know the list of files that FFS Compare is considering so I can understand the difference.
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Plerry

> From what I can see, export only shows files that were found different by FFS Compare. I want the list of all files that were compared.

FFS exports all the items of all Compare result categories that you choose to make visible.
You toggle the visibility per Compare result category by clicking the corresponding icon mid below the Compare results.
So, in your case you should click the "=" icon and possibly the "-" icon to make those results visible, and then export the file list.
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rusted

Awesome! Thanks. I've been using FFS for a couple of years now and clearly have not dug into all of its capabilities.

I still don't understand why the real-time file count displayed during a Compare ends up at about twice the number of files displayed as you described above. Does that real-time count include the files on both sides of the compare?

Thanks again!