Command-line tool

rdfind

brew/rdfind

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Find duplicate files based on content (NOT file names)

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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 rdfind

Linux

brew install rdfind

Identify all duplicates in a given directory and output a summary

rdfind -dryrun true path/to/directory

Replace all duplicates with hardlinks

rdfind -makehardlinks true path/to/directory

Replace all duplicates with symlinks/soft links

rdfind -makesymlinks true path/to/directory

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