# encoding: ascii
# api: powershell
# title:
# description: 3 way file compare
# version: 0.1
# license: CC0
# x-poshcode-id: 6447
# x-archived: 2016-07-18T18:54:38
#
#
$folder1 = "C:\Users\Ciphr\Desktop\Test\738"
$folder2 = "C:\Users\Ciphr\Desktop\Test\740"
# Get all files under $folder1, filter out directories
$firstFolder = Get-ChildItem -Recurse $folder1 | Where-Object { -not $_.PsIsContainer }
$failedCount = 0
$i = 0
$totalCount = $firstFolder.Count
$firstFolder | ForEach-Object {
$i = $i + 1
Write-Progress -Activity "Searching Files" -status "Searching File $i of $totalCount" -percentComplete ($i / $firstFolder.Count * 100)
# Check if the file, from $folder1, exists with the same path under $folder2
If ( Test-Path ( $_.FullName.Replace($folder1, $folder2) ) ) {
# Compare the contents of the two files...
If ( Compare-Object (Get-Content $_.FullName) (Get-Content $_.FullName.Replace($folder1, $folder2) ) ) {
# List the paths of the files containing diffs
$fileSuffix = $_.FullName.TrimStart($folder1)
$failedCount = $failedCount + 1
Write-Host "$fileSuffix is on each server, but does not match"
}
}
else
{
$fileSuffix = $_.FullName.TrimStart($folder1)
$failedCount = $failedCount + 1
Write-Host "$fileSuffix is only in folder 1"
$fileSuffix | Out-File "$env:userprofile\desktop\Old version.txt" -Append
}
}
$secondFolder = Get-ChildItem -Recurse $folder2 | Where-Object { -not $_.PsIsContainer }
$i = 0
$totalCount = $secondFolder.Count
$secondFolder | ForEach-Object {
$i = $i + 1
Write-Progress -Activity "Searching for files only on second folder" -status "Searching File $i of $totalCount" -percentComplete ($i / $secondFolder.Count * 100)
# Check if the file, from $folder2, exists with the same path under $folder1
If (!(Test-Path($_.FullName.Replace($folder2, $folder1))))
{
$fileSuffix = $_.FullName.TrimStart($folder2)
$failedCount = $failedCount + 1
Write-Host "$fileSuffix is only in folder 2"
$fileSuffix | Out-File "$env:userprofile\desktop\folder2.txt" -Append
}
}