Package to find and delete duplicates
 

I have about 1TB of data to sort out and need a good GUI package to find and safely delete the duplicate files. I am running Ubuntu 10.04 amd_64.
Would appriciate any thoughts on how to get it done. TIA maury

What sort of 'data' or 'files' are they? And what defines "duplicates"? Duplicate filenames, or duplicate content?

This doesn't sound like a task that needs a GUI tool. Please expand upon the requirements. :)

Try the krusader KDE application.

But Celine does have a point. Most file systems will not allow you to create multiple files with the same name in the same directory, so your use of the word "duplicate" is a little ambiguous.

FSlint does a good job at this and it is in the repositories (and software center).

Well, I guess the best way to describe it is I have a mess of accumulated
MP3 files (Radio shows and such) News stories of all sorts. Sometimes I would get duplicates and was saved wherever I had room. I finally have it all in one sock and want to get it sorted out and though the best way to start is get rid of duplicates. I may have to sort it into categories first?

If you are willing to forgo the gui you could use fdupes + a little shell scripting foo.

Evo2.

This does get to be a puzzle. FSlint is easy to install, readily available, has a GUI, will find files with the same contents under a given directory (fdupes is one of the tools it uses, I think) that you can delete as you choose, and will do other useful things to help clean up a file system.

Yet it seems to be on the blacklist.

Why?

What "blacklist"?

Evo2.

Thanks everyone
I will give FSlint a try. My plan at the moment is to manually sort out the stuff into sections and then use FSlint to find duplication. Fortunatily I can do it at my leasure. Maury