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