A script to compare two hashdeep audit files.
Allows for stripping or adding path prefixes within either file.
Outputs JSON formatted differences between the two files.
Combined with the jq tool, you can format and filter the differences to get a clearer picture:
hashdeep-diff --strip ./ --prefix ftp.example.com/ audit1.txt --strip backup/ audit2.txt > changes.json
jq < changes.json # pretty-printed and colorized details
jq 'map(select(.file == "some/data/file.txt"))' < changes.json # differences for a single file
jq -r 'map(select(.type != "added"))[].file' < changes.json # changed or removed filenames
Thanks to Christopher Rodgers for catching a bug with command-line option parsing.