On 11 December 2009, STeve Andre' <and...@msu.edu> wrote: > I am wondering if there is a port or otherwise available > code which is good at comparing large numbers of files in > an arbitrary number of directories? I always try avoid > wheel re-creation when possible. I'm trying to help some- > one with large piles of data, most of which is identical > across N directories. Most. Its the 'across dirs' part > that involves the effort, hence my avoidance of thinking > on it if I can help it. ;-)
Try this tiny Perl script: http://hqbox.org/files/fdupe.pl It's still faster than all of its competitors I'm aware of (most of them written in C). :) Regards, Liviu Daia -- Dr. Liviu Daia http://www.imar.ro/~daia