Install fdupes in ubuntu
sudo aptitude install fdupes
This will install all the required packages for fdupes
Using fdupes
Fdupes syntax
fdupes [ options ] DIRECTORY
Available Options
-r --recurse -- include files residing in subdirectories
-s --symlinks -- follow symlinked directories
-H --hardlinks -- normally, when two or more files point to the same disk area they are treated as nonn-duplicates; this option will change this behavior
-n --noempty -- exclude zero-length files from consideration
-f --omitfirst -- omit the first file in each set of matches
-1 --sameline -- list each set of matches on a single line
-S --size -- show size of duplicate files
-q --quiet -- hide progress indicator
-d --delete -- prompt user for files to preserve, deleting all others
-v --version -- display fdupes version
-h --help -- displays help
Fdupes Examples
1) fdupes -r ./stuff > dupes.txt
Then, deleting the duplicates was as easy as checking dupes.txt and deleting the offending directories. fdupes also can prompt you to delete the duplicates as you go along.
2) fdupes -r /home/user > /home/user/duplicate.txt
Output of the command goes in duplicate.txt
fdupes will compare the size and MD5 hash of the files to find duplicates
You can also use fslint to do this job this is simple GUI tool to do this.
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You can also try fslint, it is faster, more powerful, updated and has gui interface
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funny, even when starting
sudo fdupes -r ./backup/ > dupes.txt
I always get “Permission denied”
any idea?
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Alex Reply:
June 12th, 2012 at 4:45 am
The problem is that when you say sudo fdupes -r ./backup/ > dupes.txt, fdupes will run as root as you intend, but the > means that your shell will attempt to open the file, and your shell is running as your user so it can’t write there.
Some options:
* redirect to a file in /tmp/ then sudo mv it where you want it
* sudo su then run the command
* sudo fdupes -r ./backup/ | sudo dd of=dupes.txt
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wow that reply came 2 years later xD
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