You can use diff -x or –exclude=PATTERN options to exclude files that match a PATTERN.
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## exclude files that match PATTERN mkdir mydir{1,2} ## create some files and directories echo "hello" > mydir1/myfile1 echo "linux" > mydir1/file1 echo "world" > mydir2/myfile1 echo "cloud" > mydir2/file1 diff mydir1 mydir2 ## normal output, all are compared ## returns ## diff mydir1/file1 mydir2/file1 ## 1c1 ## < linux ## --- ## > cloud ## diff mydir1/myfile1 mydir2/myfile1 ## 1c1 ## < hello ## --- ## > world diff --exclude="my*" mydir1 mydir2 ## compares only file1 ## returns ## 1c1 ## < linux ## --- ## > cloud diff --exclude="file*" mydir1 mydir2 ## compares only myfile1 ## returns ## 1c1 ## < hello ## --- ## > world rm -r my* |