in reply to Duplicate file bounty hunter

One word MD5.
PS> I have a utility which does this and much more at snafu. I've been meaning to freshen it up and submit here. It might meet your needs.

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perl -pew "s/\b;([mnst])/'$1/g"

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Re:x2 Duplicate file bounty hunter
by grinder (Bishop) on Apr 24, 2002 at 14:58 UTC
    A previous discussion on this subject lies here: Find duplicate files.. Much the same conclusion: use Digest::MD5.


    print@_{sort keys %_},$/if%_=split//,'= & *a?b:e\f/h^h!j+n,o@o;r$s-t%t#u'
Re: Re: Duplicate file bounty hunter
by djw (Vicar) on Apr 24, 2002 at 01:08 UTC
    MD5 - never thought of using that, thanks for the tip. I downloaded your utility but have to take a look at it a bit later. Thanks belg4mit++.

    djw