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Today, I will talk to you about how to use dupeGuru to find and remove duplicate files in the Linux system. Many people may not know much about it. In order to make you understand better, the editor has summarized the following contents for you. I hope you can get something according to this article.

1. DupeGuru (Standard Edition)

You need to tell those who are not familiar with dupeGuru that it is a free, open source, cross-platform application designed to find and remove duplicate files in the system. It can be used on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X platforms. By using a fast fuzzy matching algorithm, it can find duplicate files in a few minutes. At the same time, you can also adjust dupeGuru to accurately find duplicate files of a specific file type, and to remove certain files from the files you want to delete. It supports English, French, German, Chinese (simplified), Czech, Italian, Armenian, Russian, Ukrainian, Brazilian and Vietnamese.

Install dupeGuru in Ubuntu 14.10 / 14.04 / 13.10 / 13.10 / 13.04 / 12.04

DupeGuru developers have built a Ubuntu PPA (Personal Package Archives) to simplify the installation process. To install dupeGuru, type the following command in the terminal:

The code is as follows:

Sudo apt-add-repository ppa:hsoft/ppa

Sudo apt-get update

Sudo apt-get install dupeguru-se

Use

Very easy to use, you can start dupeGuru from the Unity panel or menu.

Click the + button at the bottom to add the file directory you want to scan. Click the scan button to start looking for duplicate files.

Once the selected directory contains duplicate files, it will display the duplicate files in the window. As you can see, in the screenshot below, there is a duplicate file in my download directory.

Now, you can decide what to do next. You can delete the duplicate file, rename it, or copy / move it to another location. To do this, select the duplicate file, or select the "Show duplicates only" option in the menu bar. If you select the "Show duplicates only" option, only duplicate files are visible in the window, so you can easily select and delete these files. Click the "Action" drop-down menu, and finally select the action you will perform. Here, I only want to delete duplicate files, so I chose the option "move tag files to the dustbin".

Next, click the continue option to remove duplicate files.

2. DupeGuru Music Edition

DupeGuru Music, or dupeGuru ME for short, has a function similar to dupeGuru. It has all the functions of dupeGuru, but it contains more information columns (such as bit rate, duration, tags, etc.) and more scan types (such as file names with fields, tags, and audio content). Like dupeGuru, dupeGuru ME runs in Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X.

It supports many formats, such as MP3, WMA, AAC (iTunes format), OGG, FLAC, as well as AAC and WMA formats with less distortion.

Install dupeGuru ME in Ubuntu 14.10 / 14.04 / 13.10 / 13.10 / 13.04 / 12.04

Now, we don't have to add any more PPA, because we have already done so in the previous step. So install it by typing the following command in the terminal:

The code is as follows:

Sudo apt-get install dupeguru-me

Use

You can launch it from the Unity panel or menu. The usage, interface, and appearance of dupeGuru ME are similar to those of a normal dupeGuru. Add the directory you want to scan and select the action you want to perform. Duplicate music files will be deleted.

3. DupeGuru picture version

DupeGuru Picture Edition, or duepGuru PE for short, is a tool for finding duplicate images on your computer. It is similar to dupeGuru, but has the unique function of matching duplicate images. DupeGuru PE can run in Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X.

DupeGuru PE supports image formats such as JPG, PNG, TIFF, GIF and BMP. All these formats can be compared at the same time. The Mac OS X version of dupeGuru PE also supports PSD and RAW (CR2 and NEF) formats.

Install dupeGuru PE in Ubuntu 14.10 / 14.04 / 13.10 / 13.10 / 13.04 / 12.04

Since we have added PPA, we do not have to add it again for dupeGuru PE. Just run the following command to install it.

The code is as follows:

Sudo apt-get install dupeguru-pe

Use

It is similar to dupeGuru,dupeGuru ME in terms of usage, interface, and appearance. I wonder why developers develop different versions for different categories. I think it would be better to develop an application that combines the functions of the above three versions.

Start it, add the directory you want to scan, and select the action you want to perform. In this way, your duplicate files will be erased.

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