jdupes
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What both publish
| Fact | jdupes | rdfind |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2015 | 2006 |
| Maintainer | The Debian manual identifies Jody Bruchon as creator and maintainer and credits Adrian Lopez's fdupes as the source project. | The site identifies Paul Dreik as rdfind's author. |
| Purpose | jdupes identifies duplicate files and can delete them, create hard links or symlinks, and perform block-level deduplication. | rdfind finds duplicate files by comparing their contents rather than their names, and can help compress backup directories. |
jdupes plans
- FreeFree
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rdfind plans
- rdfindFree
Pick jdupes if…
jdupes suits users who want a command-line tool to find exact duplicate files across Linux, macOS, or Windows. It is not designed to identify similar-looking or similar-sounding files.
Pick rdfind if…
rdfind suits users comfortable supplying directories or files on the command line who need to locate duplicates or review backup directories. It is less suited to work across directories with several owners.