rdFind - a powerful, free, open source CLI tool to find and delete duplicate files in a system.

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Install rdFind in Ubuntu / Debian with the command

sudo apt install rdfind -y

or in Fedora / CentOS (dnf) with the command

sudo dnf install rdfind -y
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I was searching for a tool to help me dig through more than a decade of stored backup data. I have made backups of data for 20 years or more in order to keep photos, and documents, and music, and videos, and everything else imaginable. Over time I backup the data again and again, and eventually ended up with it all on a single drive where th data is nested into sub-folders of sub-folders, and duplicated like crazy.

I wanted something powerful, but simple to use, and ended up with rdFind. A really power, straight-forward tool that you run from the terminal to help locate, and remove the duplicates from your drive. It runs on Linux, Windows, and MacOS, and it gave me back 355 GB of drive space when all was said and done.

=== Links ===
Show Notes

GitHub Page

=== Timestamps ===
00:00 Beginning
00:11 Introduction to rdFind
04:50 Manual (man rdfind)
09:49 Use rdFind in an example

=== Contact ===
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=== Attributions ===

[AwesomeOpenSource]

I apologize, but I got so into this video I forgot to tell you how to install it so I've added that little tidbit of info at the top of my description, and it's also in my Show Notes linked in the description. I hope you'll all find this little tool as useful as I have. Best to you all, and enjoy!

[richardayuyang]

Nice info. An additional knowledge. Can you do also setting up self-hosted mail server like Postal Mail or better? Preferably behind NAT. Thanks!

[thenextpoetician]

It's in the AUR. Wouldn't ya know it? :) I have a similar approach to creating layers of redundancy in my backups ... Gotta love cold storage.

[jamesbaxter]

Sir. I am asking you if you can help me with this. I have placed rdfind into the program, it did not work. I am using Linux mint, I have a USB drive, as is showing something is working. I am looking at items on youtube, but wont work. I am asking you, Can you help.

I ave over 50000 files and thee is 5 items showing on the USB drive.

[jamesbaxter]

Sir, I have watcher your vid 3 times. I downloaded rmfind. I dont see it anywhere. I have over 50000 files. as a lot of them are dups. looking to see where I when wrong

[jamesbaxter]

Sir. I have a problem. In rdfind. I have over 50000 files. I have a file called James. Looking over you vid to see what I did wrong. I entered? Rdfind -deleteduplicates true ./james' then enter. On the next line, > that is it. I wonder if it is doing something. I am running Linux mint. Thanks