uniquipy 1.1.0

python cli-tool to find and handle file duplicates

uniquipy

Minimal python cli-tool to find and handle file duplicates in a directory based on file hashes.

Installation

Simply clone this repository and install using pip, i.e., in the repository's root directory, run

pip install .

It is recommended to install this package only to a virtual environment. (Create with python3 -m venv venv and activate an existing environment via source venv/bin/activate.)

Usage

Run uniquipy -h to get usage information in the terminal. Use the verbose-option (-v) in below commands to get progress indicators and verbose feedback on results. In the following, optional arguments are given in the form of [...].

In order to analyze a directory, run

uniquipy analyze -i <dir> [-m md5|sha1|sha256|sha512] [-v]

A directory can be transformed into a format where only single copies/unique files are stored explicitly (along with information on how to reconstruct the original source). To perform this transformation, use

uniquipy pack -i <dir> -o <dir> [-m md5|sha1|sha256|sha512] [-v]

In order to revert the pack-command, run

uniquipy unpack -i <dir> -o <dir> [-v]

The input directory (-i) expects a directory containing an index.txt-file and a data/-directory (as generated previously using uniquipy pack ..).