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- sfd - sorted find duplicate files
- Version 1.0, Copyright (c) 1991 Monk Software.
-
- General Idea:
-
- This program finds duplicate files on your disk(s). It is
- possible to specify multiple disks and see duplicate files across
- disks. You have control over criteria for finding duplicate files
- and the order in which the duplicates are presented. For the
- really business-like, there is an interactive delete mode that
- presents you with menus asking which of the duplicate files to
- delete. As an option, a statistical summary of the duplicate
- files is printed out at the end.
-
- Usage:
-
- sfd [-ma] [-m[cdns]] [-oa|d] [-sd|n|s] [-ilv?] path [...]
- where 'path' is the starting directory for finding duplicate
- files.
-
- Matching criteria:
-
- Tells program what information to consider in determining whether
- a pair of files are duplicates or not. The default is to consider
- files as duplicates if their names, modification date/times and
- sizes match (i.e. -mdns).
-
- -ma - All.
- Consider name, size, date/time and contents.
-
- -m[cdns] - Set the matching criteria.
- c - Contents.
- File contents must match, implies 's' (sizes must
- match).
-
- d - Dates.
- Date/time of files must match.
-
- n - Names.
- Names must match.
-
- s - Sizes.
- Size of files must match.
-
- Sorting criteria:
-
- Tells program in what order to present the duplicate files. The
- default is to sort by names and paths only. If any options are
- specified below, the primary sort key is changed accordingly and
- the names and paths become the secondary sort key. The
- performance will suffer noticeably if the primary sort key is not
- one of the match criteria. Defaults are to sort by name in
- ascending order (i.e. -oa -sn).
-
- -oa|d - Ordering.
- Sort in ascending/descending order.
-
- -sd|n|s - set the sorting criteria.
- d - Dates.
- Sort output by date/time.
-
- n - Names.
- Sort output by name.
-
- s - Sizes.
- Sort output by size.
-
- Options:
-
- -i - Interactive delete mode.
- Duplicate files are listed in menus. Type in the numbers
- of the files you wish to delete or just hit <Return> to
- leave the files alone. The numbers can be separated by
- commas or spaces. Ranges of numbers can be specified by
- separating the lower and upper limits with a dash.
-
- -l - Long listing of duplicate files.
- Gives date/time and size information on each duplicated
- file.
-
- -v - Verbose, print statistics.
- Give information on number of files, number of duplicated
- files, number of duplicate names, total number of bytes
- and averages of each at the end. When in 'interactive
- delete mode', also print out how many bytes in files you
- deleted.
-
- -vv - Very verbose, also print activity report.
- In addition to printing statistics above, print out the
- directories searched for duplicate files.
-
- -?
- Print full documentation and exit. You are here!
-
- Differences with 'mfd':
-
- This program sorts the duplicate files list, which 'mfd' does not.
- It is also slower than 'mfd', but uses less memory.
-
- License:
-
- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option)
- any later version.
-
- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-
- Please send bug reports and/or suggestions to:
- Monk Software
- 2464 El Camino Real, #404
- Santa Clara, CA 95051
- Include the name of the program, version and operating system.
-
- Bug reports and other comments can also be sent as e-mail on the
- Internet to: monk@netcom.com.
- UUCP: uunet!netcom.com!monk
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