Command-line tool

fclones

brew/fclones

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Efficient Duplicate File Finder

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop bucket add extras; scoop install extras/fclones
cargo install fclones

macOS

brew install fclones
cargo install fclones

Linux

brew install fclones
cargo install fclones

Search for duplicate files in the current directory

fclones group .

Search multiple directories for duplicate files and cache the results

fclones group --cache path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...

Search only the specified directory for duplicate files, skipping subdirectories, and save the results into a file

fclones group path/to/directory --depth 1 > path/to/file.txt

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