dupeutil
A command-line program written in Python for detecting and removing duplicate files
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Installation
To install dupeutil, enter the following command in your terminal:
python -m pip install dupeutil
Usage
dupeutil is designed to be as effortless and as easy as possible to use. You can check for duplicate files in a directory by cd
-ing into that directory and by simply entering the following command in your terminal:
dupeutil
That's it. The program will then check for duplicate files in the current working directory and provide you with a prompt that shows which duplicates were found and ask if you would like to remove them.
Alternatively, if you would like to check a particular directory without it being the current working directory, you can explicitly pass it a directory:
dupeutil <path to dir>
📝 NOTE: You may need to wrap the directory in quotes:
dupeutil "C:\Users\user\Downloads\folder"
Arguments
These are the available command-line arguments that you can pass to dupeutil. You can enter dupeutil -h
or dupeutil --help
in your terminal to view them as well.
positional arguments:
dir the directory to check
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-f FILES [FILES ...], the files to compare
--files FILES [FILES ...]
-q, --quiet suppress output to the console; this option will not ask for
permission to remove files
-r, --recursive include files in subdirectories
-v, --version print program version
Files flag
If you'd rather compare files instead of a directory, you can do so by using the -f
or --files
flag:
dupeutil -f <path to file1> <path to file2> <path to file3> ... <path to fileN>
If any of the paths contain a space, it's recommended that you wrap them in quotes.
Quiet flag
If you don't want to see any output in the console, you can pass the -q
or --quiet
flag when you run dupeutil:
dupeutil <path to dir> -q
If you include the quiet flag, the program will not provide you with an overview of duplicate files, nor will it ask you for permission to remove those files.
Recursive flag
If you would like to include subdirectories in the given directory, pass the -r
or --recursive
flag:
dupeutil <path to dir> -r
Including this flag will cause files in the top-level directory and files in any subdirectories to be compared as well.