From d87ce4fe61d81cd09a107dbd03935ec0f44a3b7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tiyn Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 17:28:08 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] fdupes: removal of duplicate files --- wiki/linux/fdupes.md | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) create mode 100644 wiki/linux/fdupes.md diff --git a/wiki/linux/fdupes.md b/wiki/linux/fdupes.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e67c0ae --- /dev/null +++ b/wiki/linux/fdupes.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +# fdupes + +[fdupes](https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes) is a command-line utility +for identifying and deleting duplicate files residing within one or more +specified directories. + +## Installation + +The fdupes program can be installed by going to the +[github page of it](https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes/releases). +Alternatively many linux package managers package fdupes in the `fdupes` +package. + +## Usage + +Running `fdupes ` find the duplicates inside the given +directory. +Using the `-r` flag the program will search in the subdirectories aswell. +`-d` signals to delete the duplicates and will force a dialogue to select which +version of the file to keep. +This dialogue can be skipped by using `-N` which will select the first file of +a set of multiple duplicates. + +A complete and automatic removal of all duplicates within a directory and its +subdirectories works with the following command: +`fdupes -rNd `.