G+_Lee Roche Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Any Linux people out there? I'm looking for a duplicate file finder, preferably for Linux. Many of the ones I've tried are first-come-first-truth, that is to say that it assumes that the first instance is the one you want to keep. I'm trying to bring a number of sources together (external drives, laptops, etc.) into one location but need to filter out redundant files before adding to a logical directory structure. Priority is reliability and clarity; I'll wait for software that does it right the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Clay Weber (claydoh) Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Aside from finding some leet command line magic, there is fslint (gui and cli) and fdupes (cli) that should do the trick. Not used them myself, but were the first things that popped into my head. I am positive that if you were to find a Linux community here on G+, you will probably get 30 more answers that should fit your needs :) If the files are really dupes, then does it matter which one is deleted? If file names are identical, but the content is not exactly the same, most desktops have file search utilities, often built in to the file manager which can/will show file size, date, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Lee Roche Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share Posted February 28, 2014 I was looking at those two Clay Weber, but I wasn't a huge fan of fslint and not comfortable enough with Linux to run a command line that could wipe out that many files. It does matter which get deleted because I want to add to an existing structure, not manually root through directories. I have used similar Windows tools in the past only to end up with 3 incomplete directories instead of one complete and 2 with additional content to be reviewed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Lee Roche Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share Posted February 28, 2014 I'm sure that no harm could come from typing that in Ron Reifsnider =). I am not afraid of command line, but prefer to know what I'm typing (doing wrong). Thanks for the link, I'll give it a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Clay Weber (claydoh) Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 fdupes won't actually delete files, unless you specify. If you do, it will prompt for which to remove. http://linux.die.net/man/1/fdupes For a command line tool, it is pretty straightforward and simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Lee Roche Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share Posted February 28, 2014 I'll give it a try then Clay Weber. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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