How to find duplicate files on Linux Ubuntu. Search and remove duplicate files on a Linux Ubuntu systems. FSlint can be used to find duplicate files on a Linux filesystem.
To install FSlint on Ubuntu, Debain and Ubuntu Derivatives, follow the installation commands given below:
Ubuntu
To install FSlint on Ubuntu, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install fslint
Debian
svn checkout http://fslint.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ fslint-2.45
cd fslint-2.45
dpkg-buildpackage -I.svn -rfakeroot -tc
sudo dpkg -i ../fslint_2.45-1_all.deb
Fedora
sudo yum install fslint
For Other Distros
Find the installation code and instructions over here – http://www.pixelbeat.org/fslint/.
Find and Remove Duplicate Files on Linux
Once FSlint is installed, you can open it in GUI or Terminal mode. To open and run FSlint in GUI mode, run “fslint-gui” command (without quotes) in Ubuntu terminal or search and open it via Dash.
By default, FSlint opens with the home directory selected in the Duplicates pane window. The home directory is always the default search path. You can also add another path and click the Find button to give you the list of duplicate files in directories.
Once the list is shown up, delete any files you want to remove or double-click to preview them.