diff --git a/missing.sh b/missing.sh
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+#! /bin/bash
+
+# this file is part of missing-icon-reporter
+# and it's AGPLv3 licensed.
+
+desktopsearch () {
+	for DESKTOP in /usr/share/applications/*.desktop
+	do
+		if [[ -f "${DESKTOP}" ]]; then
+			cat ${DESKTOP} | grep 'Icon=' | sed s/Icon=// 
+			
+		fi
+	done
+}
+
+iconsearch () {
+	for ICON in ~/.icons/aleta/*/*/*.png
+	do
+		if [[ -f "${ICON}" ]]; then
+			N=$(basename ${ICON} .png)
+			echo ${N} 
+		fi
+	done
+}
+desktopsearch | sort | uniq > /tmp/.missing-icon-reporter-desktopsearch.tmp
+iconsearch | sort | uniq > /tmp/.missing-icon-reporter-iconsearch.tmp
+
+cat /tmp/.missing-icon-reporter-desktopsearch.tmp /tmp/.missing-icon-reporter-iconsearch.tmp | sort | uniq > /tmp/.missing-icon-reporter-comparisonsearch.tmp
+
+cat /tmp/.missing-icon-reporter-comparisonsearch.tmp /tmp/.missing-icon-reporter-iconsearch.tmp /tmp/.missing-icon-reporter-iconsearch.tmp | sort | uniq
+# diff --suppress-common-lines /tmp/.missing-icon-reporter-desktopsearch.tmp /tmp/.missing-icon-reporter-iconsearch.tmp