bash-tutorial/tutorial/rmlint.org

Use rmlint to search for duplicated or empty files

Install in Parabola GNU-linux

  pacman -S rmlint

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

  rmlint -g

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

  chmod +x rmlint.sh

  bash -xcp rmlint.sh