Duplicate File Remover

This Python script helps you find and remove duplicate files in a directory. It identifies potential duplicate files based on patterns in their names (like '(1)', '(2)', '.copy', ' - copy', etc.). It groups files that reduce to the same base name after pattern removal and keeps the oldest version of each file group based on creation time, marking the others for deletion.

Features

• Finds duplicate files based on name patterns.
• Supports custom regular expression patterns for identifying duplicates.
• Detects and handles ".copy" and " - copy" patterns.
• Recursive directory scanning.
• Dry-run mode to preview changes before deleting files.
• Interactive mode for easy configuration.

Usage

The script can be run from the command line or in interactive mode.

Command-line Mode

python duplicates_remove_v6.py <directory> [options]

• <directory>: The directory to scan (default: current directory).
• --dry-run or -d: Only report files that would be deleted without actually deleting.
• --pattern or -p: Regular expression pattern to match numerical duplicate indicators (default: '\s*(\d+)').
• --yes or -y: Skip confirmation prompt (use with extreme caution).
• --copy or -c: Also detect files ending with '.copy' or ' - copy' (case-insensitive).
• --recursive or -r: Recursively scan subdirectories.

Example:

python duplicates_remove_v6.py ~/Downloads --recursive --copy --yes

Interactive Mode

Run the script without any arguments to start interactive mode. The script will prompt you for the directory to scan, whether to detect ".copy" and " - copy" patterns, and whether to scan subdirectories recursively.

python duplicates_remove_v6.py

Dependencies

• Python 3.6 or higher
• click (External dependency: pip install click)
• loguru (External dependency: pip install loguru)
• send2trash (External dependency: pip install send2trash)

Author

iSams123

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Additional Scripts

• clean_empty_dir.py: Recursively finds and deletes empty directories. It uses the click library to provide a command-line interface with options for a dry run and skipping the confirmation prompt.

• clean_empty_dir_deepseek.py: Recursively finds and removes empty directories. It uses click for the command-line interface, loguru for logging, and send2trash to send directories to the trash instead of permanently deleting them by default. It also provides options for forcing permanent deletion and increasing verbosity.