fclones

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Efficient duplicate file finder and remover.

Examples (7)

Search for duplicate files in the current directory

fclones group .

Search multiple directories for duplicate files and cache the results

fclones group --cache path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...

Search only the specified directory for duplicate files, skipping subdirectories and save the results into a file

fclones group path/to/directory --depth 1 > path/to/file.txt

Move the duplicate files in a TXT file to a different directory

fclones < path/to/file.txt move path/to/target_directory

Perform a dry run for soft links in a TXT file without actually linking

fclones < path/to/file.txt link --soft --dry-run 2 > /dev/null

Delete the newest duplicates from the current directory without storing them in a file

fclones group . | fclones remove --priority newest

Preprocess JPEG files in the current directory by using an external command to strip their EXIF data before matching for duplicates

fclones group . --name '*.jpg' -i --transform 'exiv2 -d a $IN' --in-place