Functions/GenXdev.FileSystem/Find-DuplicateFiles.ps1
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Part of PowerShell module : GenXdev.FileSystem Original cmdlet filename : Find-DuplicateFiles.ps1 Original author : René Vaessen / GenXdev Version : 1.300.2025 ################################################################################ Copyright (c) René Vaessen / GenXdev Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. ################################################################################> ############################################################################### <# .SYNOPSIS Find duplicate files across multiple directories based on configurable criteria. .DESCRIPTION Recursively searches specified directories for duplicate files. Files are considered duplicates if they share the same name and optionally match on size and modification date. Returns groups of duplicate files for further processing. .PARAMETER Paths Array of directory paths to recursively search for duplicate files. Accepts pipeline input and wildcard paths. .PARAMETER DontCompareSize When specified, file size is not used as a comparison criterion, only names are matched. .PARAMETER DontCompareModifiedDate When specified, file modification dates are not used as a comparison criterion. .PARAMETER Recurse Recurse into subdirectories. .EXAMPLE Find-DuplicateFiles -Paths "C:\Pictures","D:\Backup\Pictures" .EXAMPLE "C:\Pictures","D:\Backup\Pictures" | fdf -DontCompareSize #> function Find-DuplicateFiles { [CmdletBinding()] [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute('PSUseSingularNouns', '')] [Alias('fdf')] param( ############################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, Position = 0, HelpMessage = 'One or more directory paths to search for duplicates' )] [string[]] $Paths, ############################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, ValueFromPipeline = $true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true, HelpMessage = 'One or more directory paths to search for duplicates' )] [Alias("FullName", "Filename", "Path")] [string] $Input, ############################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Skip file size comparison when grouping duplicates' )] [switch] $DontCompareSize, ############################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Skip last modified date comparison when grouping duplicates' )] [switch] $DontCompareModifiedDate, ############################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Recurse into subdirectories' )] [switch] $Recurse ############################################################################### ) begin { [System.Collections.Generic.List[IO.FileInfo]] $allFiles = @(); # internal helper function to generate unique comparison key for each file function Get-FileKey([System.IO.FileInfo]$file) { $key = $file.Name if (-not $DontCompareSize) { $key += ";$($file.Length)" } if (-not $DontCompareModifiedDate) { # Truncate to second precision to avoid millisecond differences $key += ";$($file.LastWriteTimeUtc.ToString('yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ'))" } return $key } # initialize high-performance collection for gathering files $allFiles = [System.Collections.Generic.List[System.IO.FileInfo]]::new() @($Paths) | Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Where-Object { $_ -is [string] -and -not [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($_) } | Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\ForEach-Object { ([IO.Directory]::Exists($_) ? "$($_.TrimEnd("/\".ToCharArray()))\" : $_) } | GenXdev.FileSystem\Find-Item -PassThru -NoRecurse:($Recurse -ne $true) | Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\ForEach-Object -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue { $null = $allFiles.Add($_) } } process { @($Input) | Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Where-Object { $_ -is [string] -and -not [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($_) } | Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\ForEach-Object { ([IO.Directory]::Exists($_) ? "$($_.TrimEnd("/\".ToCharArray()))\" : $_) } | GenXdev.FileSystem\Find-Item -PassThru -NoRecurse:($Recurse -ne $true) | Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\ForEach-Object -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue { $null = $allFiles.Add($_) } } end { # group files by composite key and return only groups with duplicates $allFiles | Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Sort-Object -Unique -Property FullName | Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Group-Object -Property { Get-FileKey $_ } | Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Where-Object { $_.Count -gt 1 } | Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\ForEach-Object { # create result object for each duplicate group [PSCustomObject]@{ FileName = $_.Group[0].Name Files = $_.Group } } | Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Output } } |