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+shake
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+Shake is a defragmenter that runs in userspace, without the need of patching the kernel and while the system is used (for now, on GNU/Linux only).
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+There is nothing magic in that : it just works by rewriting fragmented files. But it has some heuristics that could make it more efficient than other tools, including `defrag` and, maybe, `xfs_fsr`.
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+As an example, it allows you to write:
+```shell
+find -iname '*.mp3' | sort | shake
+```
+to defrag all mp3 in a directory, puting together on the disk those close in lexical order.
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