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+ | ====== fdupes ====== | ||
+ | This is a nice little tool helping to find duplicate files within a given directory. | ||
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+ | ===== How Files Are Matched ===== | ||
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+ | - compare the **size** of the files | ||
+ | - compare their **MD5** sums | ||
+ | - if above matches, compare them **byte-by-byte** | ||
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+ | ===== Usage ===== | ||
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+ | Invocation is just as simple as eatin' pancakes: | ||
+ | fdupes -r -n /stuff | ||
+ | compares all files within **/stuff** recursively (**-r**) omitting zero-length files (**-n**). |
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