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czkawka_cli — Find duplicates, empty folders, similar images and much more. More information: <https://github.com/

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Problem

How to use the czkawka_cli command: Find duplicates, empty folders, similar images and much more. More information: <https://github.com/qarmin/czkawka/blob/master/czkawka_cli/README.md>.

Solution

czkawka_cli — Find duplicates, empty folders, similar images and much more. More information: <https://github.com/qarmin/czkawka/blob/master/czkawka_cli/README.md>.

List duplicate in specific directories and write the results into a file:

czkawka_cli dup {{[-d|--directories]}} {{path/to/directory1}} {{[-d|--directories]}} {{path/to/directory2}} {{[-f|--file-to-save]}} {{path/to/results.txt}}

Find duplicate files in specific directories and delete them (default: NONE):

czkawka_cli dup {{[-d|--directories]}} {{path/to/directory}} {{[-D|--delete-method]}} {{AEN|AEO|ON|OO|HARD|NONE}}

Find similar looking image with a specific similarity level (default: High):

czkawka_cli image {{[-d|--directories]}} {{path/to/directory}} {{[-s|--similarity-preset]}} {{Minimal|VerySmall|Small|Medium|High|VeryHigh|Original}} {{[-f|--file-to-save]}} {{path/to/results.txt}}

Display help:

czkawka_cli {{[-h|--help]}}

Code Snippets

List duplicate in specific directories and write the results into a file

czkawka_cli dup {{[-d|--directories]}} {{path/to/directory1}} {{[-d|--directories]}} {{path/to/directory2}} {{[-f|--file-to-save]}} {{path/to/results.txt}}

Find duplicate files in specific directories and delete them (default: `NONE`)

czkawka_cli dup {{[-d|--directories]}} {{path/to/directory}} {{[-D|--delete-method]}} {{AEN|AEO|ON|OO|HARD|NONE}}

Find similar looking image with a specific similarity level (default: `High`)

czkawka_cli image {{[-d|--directories]}} {{path/to/directory}} {{[-s|--similarity-preset]}} {{Minimal|VerySmall|Small|Medium|High|VeryHigh|Original}} {{[-f|--file-to-save]}} {{path/to/results.txt}}

Display help

czkawka_cli {{[-h|--help]}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/czkawka_cli

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