bash-tutorial/tutorial/rmlint.org

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* Use rmlint to search for duplicated or empty files

** Install in Parabola GNU-linux

#+begin_example sh
  pacman -S rmlint
#+end_example


** Run in the directory you want to check for duplicated or empty files

#+begin_example sh
  rmlint -g
#+end_example

This will create two files:

 * rmlint.sh
 * rmlint.json

The shell script can be used to delete duplicated files

OPTIONS:

  - h   Show this message.
  - d   Do not ask before running.
  - x   Keep rmlint.sh; do not autodelete it.
  - p   Recheck that files are still identical before removing duplicates.
  - r   Allow deduplication of files on read-only btrfs snapshots. (requires sudo)
  - n   Do not perform any modifications, just print what would be done. (implies -d and -x)
  - c   Clean up empty directories while deleting duplicates.
  - q   Do not show progress.
  - k   Keep the timestamp of directories when removing duplicates.
  - i   Ask before deleting each file

** Execute the scripts

#+begin_example sh
  chmod +x rmlint.sh
#+end_example

#+begin_example sh
  bash -xcp rmlint.sh
#+end_example