Using diffstat with the -m option gives the modified lines (as well as the added and deleted):

    diff dir1 dir2 | diffstat -m
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I didn't need to modify it in any way. However, at the time of the original post I had to build the code from the website to get a version with the -m option. I think more recent OSes will come with that version by default or at least provide a package.

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John.

Thank's for all John. It's possible to obtain # Lines Added # Lines Modified # Lines Churned (Added + Modified) # Lines Deleted separatly between two revisions? I need to obtain lines added, lines modified, lines deleted with shell commands between two subversion revision. It's possible?