You can also run the command with the -d switch to have it help you delete files. You can then delete the duplicate files by hand, if you like. This tool won’t automatically remove anything, it will just show you a list of duplicate files. So, fdupes /home/chris would list all duplicate files in the directory /home/chris - but not in subdirectories! The fdupes -r /home/chris command would recursively search all subdirectories inside /home/chris for duplicate files and list them.

Just run the fdupes command followed by the path to a directory. This is probably the most convenient, quickest tool you can use if you want to find duplicate files in an environment where you only have access to a Linux command line, not a graphical user interface. The fdupes command isn’t usually installed by default, but it’s available in many Linux distribution’s repositories. It will just print a list of duplicate files - you’re on your own for the rest. This command won’t actually delete anything. So, if you wanted to run the entire fslint scan on a single directory, here are the commands you’d run on Ubuntu: On Ubuntu, you’ll find them under /usr/share/fslint/fslint. Note that the command-line utilities aren’t in your path by default, so you can’t run them like typical commands.

Use the buttons to delete any files you want to remove, and double-click them to preview them. All you have to do is click the Find button and FSlint will find a list of duplicate files in directories under your home folder. By default, it opens with the Duplicates pane selected and your home directory as the default search path. Don’t let that scare you away from using FSlint’s convenient graphical interface, though.

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