Re: Tool to compare directories and delete duplicate files from one directory

Anno domini 2023 Thu, 4 May 22:56:04 +0100
 Kaya Saman scripsit:
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> But*, what happens when you have thousands of files?

Why don't you simply use "rdfind"? 

Nik

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> The man page at the top suggests compare file1 and file2, not dir1 and 
> dir2 which is what I am looking for:
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> NAME
>       cmp – compare two files
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> SYNOPSIS
>       cmp [-l | -s | -x] [-bhz] [--ignore-initial=num1[:num2]] [--bytes=num]
>           file1 file2 [skip1 [skip2]]
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>   If it did that I would definitely say it's what I'm looking for.
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> I need to compare the files within:
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> /dir
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> /dir_1
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> /dir_2
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> /dir_3
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> where /dir_(x) are directories that have been merged into /dir....
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