Hi all, what kind of method to find the duplicates files on linux,
1.how to find just using the file name, sometimes i figure out people often to copy their files to another directory and i want to find out if there any same file name in the linux box.
2. what about if i want to find the duplicate files based on contents of the file, example is in picture file if users store picture files from digital camera first they just save the file name in default but when they want to give that picture to others they will rename it, i've been used method md5 for this situation in python script but it takes long time
to finish this thing, is there any other way?, btw i'm asking this question just to know to use bash script a lot in work and i want to test out fdupes at home, is fdupes use similar md5 scan to find duplicate files?

Thank's a lot and sorry if my question disturbing your time.

Hello,

You can have a look at this example using script, this one using fdupes or this one using fslint.

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Kind regards,

Eric

Thank's a lot for your help EricTRA, and sorry about my question ^^.


Best Regards.

Hello,

You're welcome and no need to apologize. Just pointing out the obvious

Kind regards,

Eric

Just my $0.02

Be careful what you consider to be a duplicate file. For example the fdupes script referenced above relies upon md5sum. Now, I realize it's highly improbable, BUT, there is no reason that two different files can't end up with the same md5sum.

And another thing - remember that Linux relies upon links (both hard and soft) so be sure to check whether the file being reported as duplicate is not actually merely a link.