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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Shellscript to sort duplicate files listed in a text file Post 302365724 by deaddevil on Wednesday 28th of October 2009 12:45:42 AM
Old 10-28-2009
Shellscript to sort duplicate files listed in a text file
I have many pdf's scattered across 4 machines. There is 1 location where I have other Pdf's maintained. But the issues it the 4 machines may have duplicate pdf's among themselves, but I want just 1 copy of each so that they can be transfered to that 1 location.

What I have thought is:
1) I have designed a script that will scan each of the 4 machines, and print the list of pdf files in a text file named list.txt.
2)So now I have all the pdf's listed in the list.txt file.
3) I need a shellscript that will now check this list and sort duplicate files. So that I know where are they located and even have them grouped together.
The list.txt contains the path along with the file name. so I guess we have to check just the ending file name part before ".pdf".
Please help me do this.


The list.txt looks like below, which is already generated.

Code:
/home/santosh/z_literature/MIF_Oxime_ph4_JBC_May2007.pdf
/home/santosh/z_literature/J_immun_biochemOFmif.pdf
/home/santosh/z_literature/sak/san/06_JCTC_06_bome.pdf
/home/santosh/z_literature/sak/san/03_IEJMD_05_nkr1.pdf
/home/santosh/z_literature/sak/san/07_JCAMD_06_CoRIA.pdf
/home/santosh/z_literature/sak/san/DDP-IV-JMM2007.pdf

 

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