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HI, I need help on Bash script. I need to create a program which Find duplicate files, rename it, and delete other duplicates by using cmp program. this program takes ...
  1. 01-17-2009 #1
    spyeagle
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    Red face Find duplicate files

    HI, I need help on Bash script.
    I need to create a program which Find duplicate files, rename it,
    and delete other duplicates by using cmp program.
    this program takes one argument which is a directory.
    I have to go through each file in directory
    but i have no idea how to access each file.
    could you guys give me some help? Thanks
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  2. 01-18-2009 #2
    tlarkin
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    Do you have anything so for?

    Is this a specific directory?

    You could try using a loop in your script, then an if then statement that will either rename the file or delete it. This seems common enough though that I bet someone has already written it. Have you tried googling it to see if someone has already written a script to do this?
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  3. 01-20-2009 #3
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    duplicate files in the sense ?

    duplicate files by content or duplicate files by name ???
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