This simple tool can be used to keep track of files and remove duplicates.
When you feel like you have multiple backups of every file on your computer(s) but don't have any way of easily deleting the duplicates.
Let's say you have chosen to store all your files in one place (might be for example a cloud storage provider). After moving most of your files you will notice that you find lots of duplicates files lying around, that you have already migrated to the new place and can safely delete. The problem is that for each file you need to check if it is actually a duplicate or not, and this might take an insane amount of time. The files might even have different names making the process almost impossible to do manually..
Meet file-tracker. With file-tracker you can:
- Index all your files from your target storage solution into a simple text file containing the file names and hashes.
- Using the file from 1), you can automatically delete any duplicates in any other directory on your computer or hard drive. If you want, you can also just list the duplicates to take manual action later.
Print file names and file hashes of current directory to STDOUT:
dotnet run -- index
Print file names and file hashes of current directory + subdirectories to STDOUT:
dotnet run -- index -r
Print file names and file hashes of current directory to file. Appends the
information if the file exists:
dotnet run -- index -o /path/to/output.txt
Print file names and file hashes of /my/directory to STDOUT:
dotnet run -- index -p /my/directory
This assumes you have an index file already located at /my/index.txt.
Perform a dry run of the current directory:
dotnet run -- clean -i /my/index.txt -d
Perform a clean of the current directory:
dotnet run -- clean -i /my/index.txt
Perform a clean of the current directory, including subdirectories:
dotnet run -- clean -i /my/index.txt -r
Perform a clean of directory /my/directory:
dotnet run -- clean -i /my/index.txt -p /my/directory