Linux: Compare if two files are the same

Quick script I wrote in my .bashrc to check if two files are the same:

#md5sum

function md5comp()

{

    a=$(md5sum $1 | awk '{print $1}')

    b=$(md5sum $2 | awk '{print $1}')

    echo "Comparing $1 and $2"

    [ "$a" = "$b" ] && echo  "Equal" || echo "Not Equal"

}

Linux: How to tar only selected folders and files

Step 1: Select the files and prepare a list.

I do this with a simple function in my .bashrc script:

$> cat >> ~/.bashrc

99 function cscopesetup()

100 {

101     rm cscope.files;

102

103     echo "Populating filenames...";

104     find $SRC/folder1/ -iname "*.c" -print >> cscope.files #folder1

105     find $SRC/folder9/ -iname "*.h" -print >> cscope.files #folder9

106     echo "Driver done"

107 }