How to find ONLY duplicate files that have different names?
If you're okay that the script prints all duplicate files with both equal and different filenames, you can use this command line:
find . -type f -exec sha256sum {} \; | sort | uniq -w64 --all-repeated=separate | cut -b 67-
For an example run, I use the following directory structure. Files with similar name (and different number) have equal content:
.
├── dir1
│ ├── uname1
│ └── uname3
├── grps
├── lsbrelease
├── lsbrelease2
├── uname1
└── uname2
And now let's watch our command doing some magic:
$ find . -type f -exec sha256sum {} \; | sort | uniq -w64 --all-repeated=separate | cut -b 67-
./lsbrelease
./lsbrelease2
./dir1/uname1
./dir1/uname3
./uname1
./uname2
Each group separated by a new line consists of files with equal content. Non-duplicate files are not listed.
I have another, far more flexible and easy to use solution for you!
Copy the script below and paste it to /usr/local/bin/dupe-check (or any other location and file name, you need root permissions for this one).
Make it executable by running this command:
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/dupe-check
As /usr/local/bin is in every user's PATH, everybody may now run it directly without specifying the location.
First, you should look at the help page of my script:
$ dupe-check --help
usage: dupe-check [-h] [-s COMMAND] [-r MAXDEPTH] [-e | -d] [-0]
[-v | -q | -Q] [-g] [-p] [-V]
[directory]
Check for duplicate files
positional arguments:
directory the directory to examine recursively (default '.')
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-s COMMAND, --hashsum COMMAND
external system command to generate hashes (default
'sha256sum')
-r MAXDEPTH, --recursion-depth MAXDEPTH
the number of subdirectory levels to process: 0=only
current directory, 1=max. 1st subdirectory level, ...
(default: infinite)
-e, --equal-names only list duplicates with equal file names
-d, --different-names
only list duplicates with different file names
-0, --no-zero do not list 0-byte files
-v, --verbose print hash and name of each examined file
-q, --quiet suppress status output on stderr
-Q, --list-only only list the duplicate files, no summary etc.
-g, --no-groups do not group equal duplicates
-p, --path-only only print the full path in the results list,
otherwise format output like this: `'FILENAME'
(FULL_PATH)´
-V, --version show program's version number and exit
You see, to get a list of all files in the current directory (and all subdirectories) with different file names, you need the -d flag and any valid combination of formatting options.
We still assume the same test environment. Files with similar name (and different number) have equal content:
.
├── dir1
│ ├── uname1
│ └── uname3
├── grps
├── lsbrelease
├── lsbrelease2
├── uname1
└── uname2
So we simply run:
$ dupe-check
Checked 7 files in total, 6 of them are duplicates by content.
Here's a list of all duplicate files:
'lsbrelease' (./lsbrelease)
'lsbrelease2' (./lsbrelease2)
'uname1' (./dir1/uname1)
'uname1' (./uname1)
'uname2' (./uname2)
'uname3' (./dir1/uname3)
And here is the script:
#! /usr/bin/env python3
VERSION_MAJOR, VERSION_MINOR, VERSION_MICRO = 0, 4, 1
RELEASE_DATE, AUTHOR = "2016-02-11", "ByteCommander"
import sys
import os
import shutil
import subprocess
import argparse
class Printer:
def __init__(self, normal=sys.stdout, stat=sys.stderr):
self.__normal = normal
self.__stat = stat
self.__prev_msg = ""
self.__first = True
self.__max_width = shutil.get_terminal_size().columns
def __call__(self, msg, stat=False):
if not stat:
if not self.__first:
print("\r" + " " * len(self.__prev_msg) + "\r",
end="", file=self.__stat)
print(msg, file=self.__normal)
print(self.__prev_msg, end="", flush=True, file=self.__stat)
else:
if len(msg) > self.__max_width:
msg = msg[:self.__max_width-3] + "..."
if not msg:
print("\r" + " " * len(self.__prev_msg) + "\r",
end="", flush=True, file=self.__stat)
elif self.__first:
print(msg, end="", flush=True, file=self.__stat)
self.__first = False
else:
print("\r" + " " * len(self.__prev_msg) + "\r",
end="", file=self.__stat)
print("\r" + msg, end="", flush=True, file=self.__stat)
self.__prev_msg = msg
def file_walker(top, maxdepth=None):
dirs, files = [], []
for name in os.listdir(top):
(dirs if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(top, name)) else files).append(name)
yield top, files
if maxdepth != 0:
for name in dirs:
for x in file_walker(os.path.join(top, name), maxdepth-1):
yield x
printx = Printer()
argparser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Check for duplicate files")
argparser.add_argument("directory", action="store", default=".", nargs="?",
help="the directory to examine recursively "
"(default '%(default)s')")
argparser.add_argument("-s", "--hashsum", action="store", default="sha256sum",
metavar="COMMAND", help="external system command to "
"generate hashes (default '%(default)s')")
argparser.add_argument("-r", "--recursion-depth", action="store", type=int,
default=-1, metavar="MAXDEPTH",
help="the number of subdirectory levels to process: "
"0=only current directory, 1=max. 1st subdirectory "
"level, ... (default: infinite)")
arggroupn = argparser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
arggroupn.add_argument("-e", "--equal-names", action="store_const",
const="e", dest="name_filter",
help="only list duplicates with equal file names")
arggroupn.add_argument("-d", "--different-names", action="store_const",
const="d", dest="name_filter",
help="only list duplicates with different file names")
argparser.add_argument("-0", "--no-zero", action="store_true", default=False,
help="do not list 0-byte files")
arggroupo = argparser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
arggroupo.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", action="store_const", const=0,
dest="output_level",
help="print hash and name of each examined file")
arggroupo.add_argument("-q", "--quiet", action="store_const", const=2,
dest="output_level",
help="suppress status output on stderr")
arggroupo.add_argument("-Q", "--list-only", action="store_const", const=3,
dest="output_level",
help="only list the duplicate files, no summary etc.")
argparser.add_argument("-g", "--no-groups", action="store_true", default=False,
help="do not group equal duplicates")
argparser.add_argument("-p", "--path-only", action="store_true", default=False,
help="only print the full path in the results list, "
"otherwise format output like this: "
"`'FILENAME' (FULL_PATH)´")
argparser.add_argument("-V", "--version", action="version",
version="%(prog)s {}.{}.{} ({} by {})".format(
VERSION_MAJOR, VERSION_MINOR, VERSION_MICRO,
RELEASE_DATE, AUTHOR))
argparser.set_defaults(name_filter="a", output_level=1)
args = argparser.parse_args()
hashes = {}
dupe_counter = 0
file_counter = 0
try:
for root, filenames in file_walker(args.directory, args.recursion_depth):
if args.output_level <= 1:
printx("--> {} files ({} duplicates) processed - '{}'".format(
file_counter, dupe_counter, root), stat=True)
for filename in filenames:
path = os.path.join(root, filename)
file_counter += 1
filehash = subprocess.check_output(
[args.hashsum, path], universal_newlines=True).split()[0]
if args.output_level == 0:
printx(" ".join((filehash, path)))
if filehash in hashes:
dupe_counter += 1 if len(hashes[filehash]) > 1 else 2
hashes[filehash].append((filename, path))
if args.output_level <= 1:
printx("--> {} files ({} duplicates) processed - '{}'"
.format(file_counter, dupe_counter, root), stat=True)
else:
hashes[filehash] = [(filename, path)]
except FileNotFoundError:
printx("ERROR: Directory not found!")
exit(1)
except KeyboardInterrupt:
printx("USER ABORTED SEARCH!")
printx("Results so far:")
if args.output_level <= 1:
printx("", stat=True)
if args.output_level == 0:
printx("")
if args.output_level <= 2:
printx("Checked {} files in total, {} of them are duplicates by content."
.format(file_counter, dupe_counter))
if dupe_counter == 0:
exit(0)
elif args.output_level <= 2:
printx("Here's a list of all duplicate{} files{}:".format(
" non-zero-byte" if args.no_zero else "",
" with different names" if args.name_filter == "d" else
" with equal names" if args.name_filter == "e" else ""))
first_group = True
for filehash in hashes:
if len(hashes[filehash]) > 1:
if args.no_zero and os.path.getsize(hashes[filehash][0][0]) == 0:
continue
first_group = False
if args.name_filter == "a":
filtered = hashes[filehash]
else:
filenames = {}
for filename, path in hashes[filehash]:
if filename in filenames:
filenames[filename].append(path)
else:
filenames[filename] = [path]
filtered = [(filename, path)
for filename in filenames if (
args.name_filter == "e" and len(filenames[filename]) > 1 or
args.name_filter == "d" and len(filenames[filename]) == 1)
for path in filenames[filename]]
if len(filtered) == 0:
continue
if (not args.no_groups) and (args.output_level <= 2 or not first_group):
printx("")
for filename, path in sorted(filtered):
if args.path_only:
printx(path)
else:
printx("'{}' ({})".format(filename, path))