rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_dedupe.md

date	title	slug	url
2016-08-24T23:47:55+01:00	rclone dedupe	rclone_dedupe	/commands/rclone_dedupe/

rclone dedupe

Interactively find duplicate files delete/rename them.

Synopsis

By default dedup interactively finds duplicate files and offers to delete all but one or rename them to be different. Only useful with Google Drive which can have duplicate file names.

The dedupe command will delete all but one of any identical (same md5sum) files it finds without confirmation. This means that for most duplicated files the dedupe command will not be interactive. You can use --dry-run to see what would happen without doing anything.

Here is an example run.

Before - with duplicates

$ rclone lsl drive:dupes
  6048320 2016-03-05 16:23:16.798000000 one.txt
  6048320 2016-03-05 16:23:11.775000000 one.txt
   564374 2016-03-05 16:23:06.731000000 one.txt
  6048320 2016-03-05 16:18:26.092000000 one.txt
  6048320 2016-03-05 16:22:46.185000000 two.txt
  1744073 2016-03-05 16:22:38.104000000 two.txt
   564374 2016-03-05 16:22:52.118000000 two.txt

Now the dedupe session

$ rclone dedupe drive:dupes
2016/03/05 16:24:37 Google drive root 'dupes': Looking for duplicates using interactive mode.
one.txt: Found 4 duplicates - deleting identical copies
one.txt: Deleting 2/3 identical duplicates (md5sum "1eedaa9fe86fd4b8632e2ac549403b36")
one.txt: 2 duplicates remain
  1:      6048320 bytes, 2016-03-05 16:23:16.798000000, md5sum 1eedaa9fe86fd4b8632e2ac549403b36
  2:       564374 bytes, 2016-03-05 16:23:06.731000000, md5sum 7594e7dc9fc28f727c42ee3e0749de81
s) Skip and do nothing
k) Keep just one (choose which in next step)
r) Rename all to be different (by changing file.jpg to file-1.jpg)
s/k/r> k
Enter the number of the file to keep> 1
one.txt: Deleted 1 extra copies
two.txt: Found 3 duplicates - deleting identical copies
two.txt: 3 duplicates remain
  1:       564374 bytes, 2016-03-05 16:22:52.118000000, md5sum 7594e7dc9fc28f727c42ee3e0749de81
  2:      6048320 bytes, 2016-03-05 16:22:46.185000000, md5sum 1eedaa9fe86fd4b8632e2ac549403b36
  3:      1744073 bytes, 2016-03-05 16:22:38.104000000, md5sum 851957f7fb6f0bc4ce76be966d336802
s) Skip and do nothing
k) Keep just one (choose which in next step)
r) Rename all to be different (by changing file.jpg to file-1.jpg)
s/k/r> r
two-1.txt: renamed from: two.txt
two-2.txt: renamed from: two.txt
two-3.txt: renamed from: two.txt

The result being

$ rclone lsl drive:dupes
  6048320 2016-03-05 16:23:16.798000000 one.txt
   564374 2016-03-05 16:22:52.118000000 two-1.txt
  6048320 2016-03-05 16:22:46.185000000 two-2.txt
  1744073 2016-03-05 16:22:38.104000000 two-3.txt

Dedupe can be run non interactively using the --dedupe-mode flag or by using an extra parameter with the same value

• --dedupe-mode interactive - interactive as above.
• --dedupe-mode skip - removes identical files then skips anything left.
• --dedupe-mode first - removes identical files then keeps the first one.
• --dedupe-mode newest - removes identical files then keeps the newest one.
• --dedupe-mode oldest - removes identical files then keeps the oldest one.
• --dedupe-mode rename - removes identical files then renames the rest to be different.

For example to rename all the identically named photos in your Google Photos directory, do

rclone dedupe --dedupe-mode rename "drive:Google Photos"

Or

rclone dedupe rename "drive:Google Photos"

rclone dedupe [mode] remote:path

Options

      --dedupe-mode string   Dedupe mode interactive|skip|first|newest|oldest|rename.

Options inherited from parent commands

      --acd-templink-threshold int      Files >= this size will be downloaded via their tempLink.
      --acd-upload-wait-time duration   Time to wait after a failed complete upload to see if it appears. (default 2m0s)
      --ask-password                    Allow prompt for password for encrypted configuration. (default true)
      --b2-chunk-size int               Upload chunk size. Must fit in memory.
      --b2-test-mode string             A flag string for X-Bz-Test-Mode header.
      --b2-upload-cutoff int            Cutoff for switching to chunked upload
      --b2-versions                     Include old versions in directory listings.
      --bwlimit int                     Bandwidth limit in kBytes/s, or use suffix b|k|M|G
      --checkers int                    Number of checkers to run in parallel. (default 8)
  -c, --checksum                        Skip based on checksum & size, not mod-time & size
      --config string                   Config file. (default "/home/ncw/.rclone.conf")
      --contimeout duration             Connect timeout (default 1m0s)
      --cpuprofile string               Write cpu profile to file
      --delete-after                    When synchronizing, delete files on destination after transfering
      --delete-before                   When synchronizing, delete files on destination before transfering
      --delete-during                   When synchronizing, delete files during transfer (default)
      --delete-excluded                 Delete files on dest excluded from sync
      --drive-auth-owner-only           Only consider files owned by the authenticated user. Requires drive-full-list.
      --drive-chunk-size int            Upload chunk size. Must a power of 2 >= 256k.
      --drive-formats string            Comma separated list of preferred formats for downloading Google docs. (default "docx,xlsx,pptx,svg")
      --drive-full-list                 Use a full listing for directory list. More data but usually quicker. (obsolete)
      --drive-upload-cutoff int         Cutoff for switching to chunked upload
      --drive-use-trash                 Send files to the trash instead of deleting permanently.
      --dropbox-chunk-size int          Upload chunk size. Max 150M.
  -n, --dry-run                         Do a trial run with no permanent changes
      --dump-bodies                     Dump HTTP headers and bodies - may contain sensitive info
      --dump-filters                    Dump the filters to the output
      --dump-headers                    Dump HTTP headers - may contain sensitive info
      --exclude string                  Exclude files matching pattern
      --exclude-from string             Read exclude patterns from file
      --files-from string               Read list of source-file names from file
  -f, --filter string                   Add a file-filtering rule
      --filter-from string              Read filtering patterns from a file
      --ignore-existing                 Skip all files that exist on destination
      --ignore-size                     Ignore size when skipping use mod-time or checksum.
  -I, --ignore-times                    Don't skip files that match size and time - transfer all files
      --include string                  Include files matching pattern
      --include-from string             Read include patterns from file
      --log-file string                 Log everything to this file
      --low-level-retries int           Number of low level retries to do. (default 10)
      --max-age string                  Don't transfer any file older than this in s or suffix ms|s|m|h|d|w|M|y
      --max-depth int                   If set limits the recursion depth to this. (default -1)
      --max-size int                    Don't transfer any file larger than this in k or suffix b|k|M|G
      --memprofile string               Write memory profile to file
      --min-age string                  Don't transfer any file younger than this in s or suffix ms|s|m|h|d|w|M|y
      --min-size int                    Don't transfer any file smaller than this in k or suffix b|k|M|G
      --modify-window duration          Max time diff to be considered the same (default 1ns)
      --no-check-certificate            Do not verify the server SSL certificate. Insecure.
      --no-gzip-encoding                Don't set Accept-Encoding: gzip.
      --no-traverse                     Don't traverse destination file system on copy.
      --no-update-modtime               Don't update destination mod-time if files identical.
      --onedrive-chunk-size int         Above this size files will be chunked - must be multiple of 320k.
      --onedrive-upload-cutoff int      Cutoff for switching to chunked upload - must be <= 100MB
  -q, --quiet                           Print as little stuff as possible
      --retries int                     Retry operations this many times if they fail (default 3)
      --size-only                       Skip based on size only, not mod-time or checksum
      --stats duration                  Interval to print stats (0 to disable) (default 1m0s)
      --swift-chunk-size int            Above this size files will be chunked into a _segments container.
      --timeout duration                IO idle timeout (default 5m0s)
      --transfers int                   Number of file transfers to run in parallel. (default 4)
  -u, --update                          Skip files that are newer on the destination.
  -v, --verbose                         Print lots more stuff

SEE ALSO

• rclone - Sync files and directories to and from local and remote object stores - v1.33-DEV

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