my %file_sig; find( \&find_dup, $root_dir); sub find_dup { my $name = $_; my $full_name = $File::Find::name; my $dir = $File::Find::dir; if (-f $name) { open IN, "<$full_name"; my $digest = Digest::MD5->new->addfile(*IN)->hexdigest; close IN; if (exists $file_sig{ $digest }) { print "$full_name is a duplicate of $file_sig{ $digest }\n"; } else { $file_sig{ $digest } = $full_name; } } }