Shows duplicate files within a list of directories and outputs as JSON. This is accomplished by generating a hash digest each file and comparing the hashes.
$ gem install finddups
finddups 0.2.0
Usage: finddups [dirs] [options]
-i, --ignore path ignore paths
-d, --depth depth Max depth to search
--[no-]cache Perform caching
--[no-]cache-to-tmp Save cache files to /tmp/file_hashes
-o, --output path Output file path
--alg alg Hashing algorithm (SHA1, MD5)
--[no-]ignore-empty Ignore empty files
-h, --help Show this help
-v, --version Show version
Example:
$ finddups ~/Documents/folder1 ~/Documents/folder2 -i node_modules -i vendor
[
[
"/Users/alex/Documents/folder1/file1",
"/Users/alex/Documents/folder1/file1 (2)",
"/Users/alex/Documents/folder2/file1"
]
]
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/sleepinginsomniac/finddups.
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.