Description of problem: $ fdupes --help Usage: fdupes [options] DIRECTORY... -r --recurse for every directory given follow subdirectories encountered within -R --recurse: for each directory given after this option follow subdirectories encountered within (note the ':' at the end of the option, manpage for more details) -s --symlinks follow symlinks -H --hardlinks normally, when two or more files point to the same disk area they are treated as non-duplicates; this option will change this behavior -n --noempty exclude zero-length files from consideration -A --nohidden exclude hidden files from consideration -f --omitfirst omit the first file in each set of matches -1 --sameline list each set of matches on a single line -S --size show size of duplicate files -m --summarize summarize dupe information -q --quiet hide progress indicator -d --delete prompt user for files to preserve and delete all others; important: under particular circumstances, data may be lost when using this option together with -s or --symlinks, or when specifying a particular directory more than once; refer to the fdupes documentation for additional information -N --noprompt together with --delete, preserve the first file in each set of duplicates and delete the rest without prompting the user -I --immediate delete duplicates as they are encountered, without grouping into sets; implies --noprompt -p --permissions don't consider files with different owner/group or permission bits as duplicates -o --order=BY select sort order for output and deleting; by file modification time (BY='time'; default), status change time (BY='ctime'), or filename (BY='name') -i --reverse reverse order while sorting -v --version display fdupes version -h --help display this help message https://easyengine.io/tutorials/linux/fdupes-duplicate-hardlinks/ https://github.com/tobiasschulz/fdupes Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): $ fdupes -v fdupes 1.6.1 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: No -L switch Expected results: -L switch Additional info:
I'm not the main maintainer so it's not my call but that feature seems to be added by a fork of canonical fdupes upstream. If you really need that feature perhaps it would be better to just do a local install. Per the INSTALL file on the fork it will install to /usr/local/bin which would be found before the system installed version.
Thanks - I didn't notice that. I'll leave it to the main maintainer to close.
Is this still an issue for you? I'm updating all the EPEL packages to the latest version right now, but I don't know if this has been included upstream yet.
Yup:- $ fdupes --help Usage: fdupes [options] DIRECTORY... -r --recurse for every directory given follow subdirectories encountered within -R --recurse: for each directory given after this option follow subdirectories encountered within (note the ':' at the end of the option, manpage for more details) -s --symlinks follow symlinks -H --hardlinks normally, when two or more files point to the same disk area they are treated as non-duplicates; this option will change this behavior -n --noempty exclude zero-length files from consideration -A --nohidden exclude hidden files from consideration -f --omitfirst omit the first file in each set of matches -1 --sameline list each set of matches on a single line -S --size show size of duplicate files -m --summarize summarize dupe information -q --quiet hide progress indicator -d --delete prompt user for files to preserve and delete all others; important: under particular circumstances, data may be lost when using this option together with -s or --symlinks, or when specifying a particular directory more than once; refer to the fdupes documentation for additional information -N --noprompt together with --delete, preserve the first file in each set of duplicates and delete the rest without prompting the user -I --immediate delete duplicates as they are encountered, without grouping into sets; implies --noprompt -p --permissions don't consider files with different owner/group or permission bits as duplicates -o --order=BY select sort order for output and deleting; by file modification time (BY='time'; default), status change time (BY='ctime'), or filename (BY='name') -i --reverse reverse order while sorting -v --version display fdupes version -h --help display this help message Yes, no change since the op: $ fdupes -v fdupes 1.6.1
fdupes-2.3.2-2.el8 is available , can we close this bug ?
idk, I'm not sure it's my call - now there is a -L flag, but it doesn't do hardlinks... Anyway, some time back I left it to the maintainer. Re Comment 5 it seems the feature was only ever in a fork. If I was the maintainer, I'd close it. [admin@server ~]$ sudo dnf list fdupes Updating Subscription Management repositories. Last metadata expiration check: 0:12:29 ago on Thu 22 May 2025 13:27:22 BST. Installed Packages fdupes.x86_64 1:2.4.0-1.el9 @epel [admin@server ~]$ fdupes --help Usage: fdupes [options] DIRECTORY... -r --recurse for every directory given follow subdirectories encountered within -R --recurse: for each directory given after this option follow subdirectories encountered within (note the ':' at the end of the option, manpage for more details) -s --symlinks follow symlinks -H --hardlinks normally, when two or more files point to the same disk area they are treated as non-duplicates; this option will change this behavior -G --minsize=SIZE consider only files greater than or equal to SIZE bytes -L --maxsize=SIZE consider only files less than or equal to SIZE bytes -c --cache speed up file comparisons by keeping track of their signatures in a database; additional parameters may be provided using one or more cache parameters (as below) -x cache.OPTION supply an optional cache parameter, where OPTION is one of the keywords below and multiple options may be supplied via successive -x arguments: readonly read but do not update file signatures prune look through entire cache and delete orphaned entries clear clear all entries from cache vacuum reduce size of DB file, if possible (note that the options prune, clear, and vacuum may be employed without supplying a DIRECTORY argument, and will take effect even if readonly is also specified) -n --noempty exclude zero-length files from consideration -A --nohidden exclude hidden files from consideration -f --omitfirst omit the first file in each set of matches -1 --sameline list each set of matches on a single line -S --size show size of duplicate files -t --time show modification time of duplicate files -m --summarize summarize dupe information -M --quicksummary summarize dupe information quickly, skipping the slower byte-for-byte match confirmation -q --quiet hide progress indicator -d --delete prompt user for files to preserve and delete all others; important: under particular circumstances, data may be lost when using this option together with -s or --symlinks, or when specifying a particular directory more than once; refer to the fdupes documentation for additional information -D --deferconfirmation in interactive mode, defer byte-for-byte confirmation of duplicates until just before file deletion -P --plain with --delete, use line-based prompt (as with older versions of fdupes) instead of screen-mode interface -N --noprompt together with --delete, preserve the first file in each set of duplicates and delete the rest without prompting the user -I --immediate delete duplicates as they are encountered, without grouping into sets; implies --noprompt -p --permissions don't consider files with different owner/group or permission bits as duplicates -o --order=BY select sort order for output and deleting; by file modification time (BY='time'; default), status change time (BY='ctime'), or filename (BY='name') -i --reverse reverse order while sorting -l --log=LOGFILE log file deletion choices to LOGFILE -v --version display fdupes version -h --help display this help message [admin@server ~]$