dupe-be-gone

A Multi-threaded duplicate file cleaner usuable as a CLI application.

Target Plaforms

• aarch64-linux
• x86_64-linux
• x86_64-macos
• x86_64-windows

Installation

• Using cargo

  • cargo install dupe-be-gone

    will report where the binary is installed. Like in Linux:

    Installing /home/<youruser>/.cargo/bin/dupe-be-gone

  • Then invoke the binary with

    /home/<youruser>/.cargo/bin/dupe-be-gone

    OR if /home/<youruser>/.cargo/bin/ is in your PATH

    dupe-be-gone

• Using precompiled binaries

  • Download and install latest version for your architecture from releases
  • Unzip, untar and directly use the binary like:

    dupe-be-gone

  • You might need to give executable permissions to the binary like:

    chmod +x dupe-be-gone

Usage

dupe-be-gone --help
A simple CLI to recursively find and remove duplicate files

Usage: dupe-be-gone [OPTIONS] [FILE_DIR]

Arguments:
  [FILE_DIR]  Name of the directory to start recursive dupelicate search

Options:
  -c, --combined           Whether to consider comparing files from different directories
  -s, --silent             Whether to print outputs of details
  -t, --threads <THREADS>  Number of threads to use. Higher values will speed up the process. But higher values might also hog resources [default: 128]
  -h, --help               Print help information
  -V, --version            Print version information