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rmlint

Identify duplicate files or directories, and other filesystem issues. More information: https://rmlint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rmlint.1.html.
  • Check a directory for duplicates, empty files, and other issues:
    rmlint {{path/to/directory}}
  • Delete duplicate files found by an execution of rmlint:
    ./rmlint.sh
  • Find duplicate directory trees:
    rmlint --merge-directories {{path/to/directory}}
  • Mark files at lower path [d]epth as originals:
    rmlint --rank-by={{d}} {{path/to/directory}}
  • Mark files with shortest name [l]ength as originals:
    rmlint --rank-by={{l}} {{path/to/directory}}
  • Find only duplicates that have the same filename in addition to the same contents:
    rmlint --match-basename {{path/to/directory}}
  • Find all duplicates with the same extension:
    rmlint --match-extension {{path/to/directory}}

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