Duplicate File Finder

Scans directories for duplicate files by comparing content hashes. Supports MD5, SHA1, and SHA256 algorithms.

Installation


# Optional: install tqdm for a progress bar
pip install tqdm

Usage


# Find duplicates in current directory
python duplicate-file-finder.py .
 
# Find duplicates in multiple directories
python duplicate-file-finder.py /path/to/dir1 /path/to/dir2
 
# Use SHA256 instead of MD5
python duplicate-file-finder.py . --algorithm sha256
 
# Save results to file
python duplicate-file-finder.py . --output duplicates.txt
 
# Disable progress bar
python duplicate-file-finder.py . --no-progress

Output

Displays each set of duplicate files with:

File hash
File size
Number of copies
Full paths of all duplicates
Total wasted space summary

Results can optionally be saved to a text report file with --output.