FSlint can find duplicate files. But suppose one has 10,000 songs or images and wants to find ONLY those files that are identical but have different names? Right now, I get a list that has hundreds of dupes (in different folders). I want the names to be consistent, so I want to see only the identical files with different names, not identical files with the same name.
Can FSlint with advanced parameters (or a different program) accomplish this?
I am wondering if there is a way to compare folders in Ubuntu? I have tried to organize my photo folders many times...and for this reason I have several folders that contain the same files (maybe a couple of extra ones) and it would be great to have a tool to figure out which files are extra and which files are identical.
P.S. I have just found an application that works well. It's called FSlint. Here is a link to it with a detailed description: http://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/clean-up-ubuntu-remove-duplicates-with-fslint-filesystem-lint/
When I run fdupes it finds more than 30,000 duplicate files. I need to keep one file and delete all the other duplicates (because some of them are systemfiles). Please give me a command or script to do this without pressing "1 or 2 or all" for each and every group of duplicate files.
My issue is that for some reason I have duplicates of some music tracks. However they are not named identically. For instance:
Music/Prefuse 73/One Word Extinguisher/07. Detchibe.mp3
&
Music/Prefuse 73/One Word Extinguisher/07 - Detchibe.mp3
Notice they are duplicate songs but the 07*.* & the 07 - is tricking duplicate file finders that search based on file names.
The title says it all. How can I detect duplicates in my media library?