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[[Category:Ubuntu]]
[[Category:Bash]]
[[Category:201103]]
== Create duplicates list ==

Options:
* -r recursive 
** Note: this can take considerable time
** Note: with fdupes version 1.50-PR2 it seems that option "-r" with option "-n" will not recurse into folders that only contain a folder.
* -n ignore empty files
* -f ommit first occurrences
** Note: the exact order is not quite clear, it will help to do dirs separately
* -S show size
* -d delete (prompted)
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fdupes -r -n -f /home/user > fdupes_list.txt
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== Create delete-file ==

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cat fdupes_list.txt | sed 's/\(^.*$\)/rm "\1"/g' > rm_dupes.sh
chmod u+x rm_dupes.sh
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Or move them to trash:

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cat fdupes_list.txt | sed 's/\(^.*$\)/mv "\1" ~\/\.local\/share\/Trash\/files/g' > move_dupes_to_trash.sh
chmod u+x move_dupes_to_trash.sh
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