/gopare

Go application to find duplicated files

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Gopare

Gopare is a Go application designed to identify duplicated files within a specified directory.

Overview

  • Purpose: Efficiently find duplicate files in a directory.
  • Implementation: Uses Go's goroutines for concurrent file comparison.
  • Comparison Method: Compares files in chunks to avoid loading the entire file into memory.

Features

  • Chunked Comparison: Instead of loading the entire file into memory, Gopare reads files in chunks of size 64,000 bytes for efficient comparison.
  • Concurrency: Utilizes Go's goroutines to compare multiple files simultaneously.
  • Progress Bar: Provides a progress bar to track the comparison process.

Prerequisites

  • Gopare requires sudo privileges to run.

Usage

  1. Clone the repository:

    git clone https://github.com/Shinji-Mimura/gopare.git

  2. Navigate to the cloned directory and run the application with sudo privileges:

    sudo su
./gopare <DIRECTORY> <THREADS NUMBER>
    • <DIRECTORY>: The directory where you want to search for duplicated files.
    • <THREADS NUMBER>: Number of threads (goroutines) to use for file comparison. A recommended value is 10.

License

This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT License.