As Matt implies above, this isn't too difficult with standard *nix
utilities if the files are actually duplicates.
I use a tip from Jim McNamara to do this in single directories; compare
checksums and dump dupes into a file for review, then delete known
duplicates:
cksum *.jpg | sort -n >
Hi everyone:
I know this is possibly something of a fool's errand, but I'm hoping
someone has come up with some magic tool or process for more-easily
cleaning up file storage than going through 12 years of files one-by-one.
As part of our DAMS project, I've run some TreeSize Pro scans on three
You could do this with a shell script. One way: write a `find -exec ...`
that runs through all the files, outputting the md5sums in some usable
way. Sort the list and look for multiples (double-checking with diff on
matches, if you're worried), and replace duplicates with symlinks
if/where you
