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

On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 11:53 AM Kaya Saman <kayasaman@optiplex-networks.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
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> I'm wondering if anyone knows of a tool like diff or so that can also
> delete files based on name and size from either left/right or
> source/destination directory?
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> Basically what I have done is performed an rsync without using the
> --remove-source-files option onto a newly bought and created disk pool
> (yes zpool) that i am trying to consolidate my data - as it's currently
> spread out over multiple pools with the same folder name.
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> The issue I am facing mainly is that I perform another rsync and use the
> --remove-source-files option, rsync will delete files based on name
> while there are some files that have the same name but not same size and
> I would like to retain these files.
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> Right now I have looked at many different options in both rsync and
> other tools but found nothing suitable. I even tested using a few test
> dirs and files that I put into /tmp and whatever I tried, the files of
> different size either got transferred or deleted.
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> How would be a good way to approach this problem?
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> Even if I create some kind of shell script and use diff, I think it will
> only compare names and not file sizes.
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> I'm really lost here....
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> Regards,
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> Kaya
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It sounds like you want fdupes.  It's in the ports tree.

~Paul

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