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Created May 17, 2020 17:16
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Bash 1 liner script to remove duplicate files that appear in specified directories
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RemoveDuplicateFiles.sh
# Change the dir to remove duplicate files from - and the directory to read from
cd dirToRemoveDupesFrom && for f in *.c ; do find ../dirToCheckIfFileExistsAlready -name $f -exec rm $f \; ; done"
# Makefile equivalent
bash -c "cd $(RMD) && for f in *.c ; do find $(SRCD) -name \$$f -exec rm \$$f \; ; done"
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shortland commented May 17, 2020

It looks for duplicate files that have the file extension .c, just change that to your needs~

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