Wow! I didn't realize that I was traversing the tree twice until you said something. Maybe that is why it took a little while to run. I didn't use your exact suggestion, but I did merge the two pieces into one.

This ... 

my @file_list;
sub files_wanted {
  my $text = $File::Find::name;
  if ( -f ) {
    push @file_list, $text;
  }
}
find(\&files_wanted,$directory);

my %files;
for my $raw_file (@file_list) {
  my @file_parts = split(/\//,$raw_file);
  my $file = pop @file_parts;
  my $file_size = -s $raw_file;
  push @{$files{"$file ($file_size bytes)"}}, $raw_file;
}

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.. is now this ...

my %files;
sub files_wanted {
  my $raw_file = $File::Find::name;
  if ( -f ) {
    my ($volume,$directories,$file) = File::Spec->splitpath($raw_file)
+; #update from a prior suggestion.
    my $file_size = -s $raw_file;
    push @{$files{"$file ($file_size bytes)"}}, $raw_file;
  }
}
find(\&files_wanted,$directory);

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The script now runs a little faster since removing the double traversal of the directory tree. Thanks for showing me what I was really doing!

Have a cookie and a very nice day!
Lady Aleena

In reply to Re^2: Find duplicate files with exact same files noted by Lady_Aleena
in thread Find duplicate files with exact same files noted by Lady_Aleena

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