tldr/pages/common/fdupes.md

# fdupes

> Finds duplicate files in a set of directories.
> More information: <https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes>.

- Search a single directory:

`fdupes {{path/to/directory}}`

- Search multiple directories:

`fdupes {{directory1}} {{directory2}}`

- Search a directory recursively:

`fdupes -r {{path/to/directory}}`

- Search multiple directories, one recursively:

`fdupes {{directory1}} -R {{directory2}}`

- Search recursively, considering hardlinks as duplicates:

`fdupes -rH {{path/to/directory}}`

- Search recursively for duplicates and display interactive prompt to pick which ones to keep, deleting the others:

`fdupes -rd {{path/to/directory}}`

- Search recursively and delete duplicates without prompting:

`fdupes -rdN {{path/to/directory}}`
add fdupes documentation this is for fdupes: https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes 2014-08-23 10:26:21 +01:00			`# fdupes`

pages*: simplify page description (#12149) Co-authored-by: Sebastiaan Speck <12570668+sebastiaanspeck@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <kbdharunkrishna@gmail.com> 2024-02-14 20:25:13 +00:00			`> Finds duplicate files in a set of directories.`
fdupes: add link to homepage 2019-06-07 11:58:11 +01:00			`> More information: <https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes>.`
add fdupes documentation this is for fdupes: https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes 2014-08-23 10:26:21 +01:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Search a single directory:`
add fdupes documentation this is for fdupes: https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes 2014-08-23 10:26:21 +01:00
*: path/to/everything (#9589) 2022-12-04 09:12:49 +00:00			`fdupes {{path/to/directory}}`
add fdupes documentation this is for fdupes: https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes 2014-08-23 10:26:21 +01:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Search multiple directories:`
add fdupes documentation this is for fdupes: https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes 2014-08-23 10:26:21 +01:00
Update fdupes.md dang, used the wrong command name, it has to be fdupes instead of fdupe 2014-09-14 22:29:47 +01:00			`fdupes {{directory1}} {{directory2}}`
add fdupes documentation this is for fdupes: https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes 2014-08-23 10:26:21 +01:00
fdupes: add delete and noprompt examples, add French translation (#5231) 2021-02-04 18:14:01 +00:00			`- Search a directory recursively:`
add fdupes documentation this is for fdupes: https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes 2014-08-23 10:26:21 +01:00
*: path/to/everything (#9589) 2022-12-04 09:12:49 +00:00			`fdupes -r {{path/to/directory}}`
add fdupes documentation this is for fdupes: https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes 2014-08-23 10:26:21 +01:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Search multiple directories, one recursively:`
add fdupes documentation this is for fdupes: https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes 2014-08-23 10:26:21 +01:00
Update fdupes.md dang, used the wrong command name, it has to be fdupes instead of fdupe 2014-09-14 22:29:47 +01:00			`fdupes {{directory1}} -R {{directory2}}`
fdupes: add delete and noprompt examples, add French translation (#5231) 2021-02-04 18:14:01 +00:00
fdupes: correct description of `-rH` to 'consider hardlinks' (#13289) Correct description of fdupes -rH to 'consider hardlinks' 2024-07-21 15:00:42 +01:00			`- Search recursively, considering hardlinks as duplicates:`
fdupes: add example to replace duplicate files with hardlinks (#8510) 2022-09-24 02:48:46 +01:00
*: path/to/everything (#9589) 2022-12-04 09:12:49 +00:00			`fdupes -rH {{path/to/directory}}`
fdupes: add example to replace duplicate files with hardlinks (#8510) 2022-09-24 02:48:46 +01:00
fdupes: add delete and noprompt examples, add French translation (#5231) 2021-02-04 18:14:01 +00:00			`- Search recursively for duplicates and display interactive prompt to pick which ones to keep, deleting the others:`

*: path/to/everything (#9589) 2022-12-04 09:12:49 +00:00			`fdupes -rd {{path/to/directory}}`
fdupes: add delete and noprompt examples, add French translation (#5231) 2021-02-04 18:14:01 +00:00
			`- Search recursively and delete duplicates without prompting:`

*: path/to/everything (#9589) 2022-12-04 09:12:49 +00:00			`fdupes -rdN {{path/to/directory}}`