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I have 2 directories on separate drives: A and B. A contains 680GB (around 2,500,000 items) and B about 400GB (around 2,000,000 items). All of B should be contained in A, the difference being about 500,000 .dmg .img and .iso files and associated text and .odt files detailing their contents. How can I eliminate the files in A that are already held in B? Is this a job for rsync or fdupes? If so, what would the command line look like? Any help would be much appreciated as disk A is very short of space. Tks jg

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  • Sadly no, it's a different question. It involves removing files from A that are already contained in B, in a similar relative [path]. There may be valid duplicates within A and within B that need to remain. It does not relate to a single file type or class, but all kinds of stuff including .img .pdf .mpv etc etc – user94924 Apr 03 '19 at 09:36
  • I guess I might be able to use meld or view the directories side by side on screen but that would take forever. – user94924 Apr 03 '19 at 09:38
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    The question currently has 8 answers, all with at least 2 upvotes. Most (if not all) of the answer don't have anything to do with specific file types. I doubt whether you have gone through those answers in ~10 minutes. Take your time and read them all. P.S. I would personally suggest FSlint (second most upvoted answer). – pomsky Apr 03 '19 at 09:45
  • pomsky, thankyou. 2 points: 1) I read that thread before I decided to post my question, and 2) you haven't taken the trouble to read my question. – user94924 Apr 03 '19 at 11:46
  • Both are unsubstantiated. – pomsky Apr 03 '19 at 14:48

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