adrianlopezroche/fdupes

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FDUPES is a command-line program written in C for identifying duplicate files within specified directories, with options to recursively search, compare by signature cache, and interactively delete duplicates. It supports filtering by size, hidden files, symlinks, and hardlinks.

Use cases

• find duplicate files in a directory tree
• delete duplicate files to free disk space
• recursively scan folders for identical files
• summarize how much space duplicates consume
• exclude empty or hidden files from duplicate search
• speed up repeated duplicate scans with a signature cache

When to choose

• you need a fast, lightweight CLI tool to find or remove duplicate files on Unix-like systems
• you want interactive selection of which duplicates to keep
• you need recursive scanning with size, symlink, and hardlink controls

When to avoid

• you need a GUI duplicate finder
• you need fuzzy or near-duplicate detection (e.g., similar images)
• you are on a platform without a C compiler or POSIX environment

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

cli file-system developer-tools files developer-tools windows bsd cli cross-platform duplicate-files disk-cleanup file-deduplication c command-line linux macos

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