rmlint

Identify duplicate files or directories, and other filesystem issues.

Check a directory for duplicates, empty files, and other issues

$ rmlint [path/to/directory]

Delete duplicate files found by an execution of rmlint

$ ./rmlint.sh

Find duplicate directory trees

$ rmlint --merge-directories [path/to/directory]

Mark files at lower path [d]epth as originals

$ rmlint --rank-by=[d] [path/to/directory]

Mark files with shortest name [l]ength as originals

$ rmlint --rank-by=[l] [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

$ rmlint --match-extension [path/to/directory]