# Ansible -- Compare n remote directories against each other

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-compare-n-remote-directories-against-each-other/19428>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [October 3, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-compare-n-remote-directories-against-each-other/19428 "2015-10-03T20:40:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_Leo\_Huetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@John\_Leo\_Huetter](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Leo_Huetter)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-compare-n-remote-directories-against-each-other/19428/1 "2015-10-03T20:40:32Z")

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Hello,

Does Ansible have a plan to execute a low-level directory/file audit without making any changes?

Use case: We have directory /app/foo and this exists on 10 disparate nodes.

I would like to confirm all 10 nodes have the same file system.

Looking for suggestions …

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**Author:** ![David\_Karban](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@David\_Karban](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_Karban)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-compare-n-remote-directories-against-each-other/19428/2 "2015-10-04T13:41:22Z")

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Hi,

should be simple enough, just run your playbook with --check --diff. You will see what changed would be done.