COPYCURE

(License: MIT)

Description

Simple tool that crawls through a directory and its subdirectories and tries to locate and remove duplicate files. The comparison is done by computing a sha256 checksum

Changelog

• 1.2.1 :
  • changed the exclude flag to -x instead of -e
  • add -e flag to include empty files in the check
  • added -l flag to avoid deleting and just list the duplicates found

Requirement

You'll need to have go installed if you want to compile the tool.

Installation

You can use the precompiled binaries in the release tab or ...

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/copycure.git

2. Navigate into the directory:

   cd copycure

3. Build the project:

   go build -o copycure main.go

Usage

    ./copycure -i /path/to/your/directory -m [-m sql|mem] [-y] [-x {csv}] [-e] [-l]                  

parameters

• -m mem|sql : stores the checksums either in RAM or in a temporary SQLite database. -m sql is default. Which option is best for you depends a lot on the speed of your RAM and your drive in your system.
• -y : do not ask for confirmation before deleting files. ( asking is default)
• -x : exclude any filepath containing any of the comma separated values. For example -e .venv,.git,LICENSE.md would ignore anything whose path include .venv, .git or LICENSE.md
• -e : do not ignore empty files when looking for duplicates (default is to ignore files with a size of 0 bytes)
• -l : only list the duplicate found without deleting them. useful if you want to pipe the output somewhere.