Help needed to clean up space on my storage (lemmy.ca)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by dudesss@lemmy.ca to c/selfhosting@slrpnk.net

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I've transferred over my Google backup multiple times. I have multiple "takeout" directories with duplicate data. Some of them are zip files too.

Is there a tool I can use to find and delete duplicate files? I tried letting Dupeguru run, but eventually it said I was out of memory, and it was not useful in finding or deleting anything.

Edit: I'm on Linux.

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[-] kylian0087@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 weeks ago

To find duplicates i suggest https://github.com/qarmin/czkawka

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

WinMerge

[-] infeeeee@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago

The linux version is called Meld. Bu as we are in !selfhosting@slrpnk.net, I guess full GUIs are not an option, I recommend ncdu which has a nice TUI.

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

thanks for steering this in the right direction

I’m not really awake yet, so I didn’t look at the community name

btw alternativeto.net has filtering options for open source and Linux options if op wants even more options

[-] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I've been using jdupes for a week or so and it's worked well. It's got a few options for deduplication if you just want to reclaim space and organization isn't your priority (e.g. symlink/hardlink creation, block-level deduplication).

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