Command-line tool

fdupes

brew/fdupes

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Identify or delete duplicate files

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install fdupes

Linux

brew install fdupes

Search a single directory

fdupes path/to/directory

Search multiple directories

fdupes path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...

Search a directory recursively

fdupes -r path/to/directory

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