Find duplicate files and create delete-file

Create duplicates list

Options:

• -r recursive - NB: this can take some time
  • Note: with Ubuntu 11.04 it seems that option "-r" with option "-n" will not go 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)

fdupes -r -n -f /home/user > fdupes_list.txt

Create delete-file

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

Or move them to trash:

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