diff --git a/pages/common/rmlint.md b/pages/common/rmlint.md index 9abea4268..95e8784c7 100644 --- a/pages/common/rmlint.md +++ b/pages/common/rmlint.md @@ -1,11 +1,19 @@ # rmlint -> Identify duplicate files or directories, and other filesystem issues. +> Find space waste and other broken things on your filesystem. > More information: . -- Check a directory for duplicates, empty files, and other issues: +- Check directories for duplicated, empty and broken files: -`rmlint {{path/to/directory}}` +`rmlint {{path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...}}` + +- Check for space wasters, preferably keeping files in tagged directories (after the double slash): + +`rmlint {{path/to/directory}} // {{path/to/original_directory}}` + +- Check for space wasters, keeping everything in the untagged directories: + +`rmlint --keep-all-untagged {{path/to/directory}} // {{path/to/original_directory}}` - Delete duplicate files found by an execution of `rmlint`: @@ -15,18 +23,14 @@ `rmlint --merge-directories {{path/to/directory}}` -- Mark files at lower path [d]epth as originals: +- Mark files at lower path [d]epth as originals, on tie choose shorter [l]ength: -`rmlint --rank-by={{d}} {{path/to/directory}}` - -- Mark files with shortest name [l]ength as originals: - -`rmlint --rank-by={{l}} {{path/to/directory}}` +`rmlint --rank-by={{dl}} {{path/to/directory}}` - Find only duplicates that have the same filename in addition to the same contents: `rmlint --match-basename {{path/to/directory}}` -- Find all duplicates with the same extension: +- Find only duplicates that have the same extension in addition to the same contents: `rmlint --match-extension {{path/to/directory}}`