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  • How can I change your script, so that instead of hardlinking it, it will just delete the duplicate files and will add an entry to a CSV file the deleted file -> Lined File. . ??? Commented Jan 12, 2013 at 12:17
  • Sure. The hard link line: echo ln -f "$OLDFILE" "$NEWFILE" Just replaces the duplicate file with a hard link, so you could change it rm the $NEWFILE instead. Commented Jan 13, 2013 at 4:15
  • and how on next line, write in some text file somehow $OLDFILE-> NEWFILE ??? Commented Jan 13, 2013 at 13:12
  • Ahh, right. Yes, add a line after the rm such as: echo "$NEWFILE" >> /var/log/deleted_duplicate_files.log Commented Jan 14, 2013 at 19:28
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    Don't friggin reinvent the wheel. There are more mature solutions available, like rdfind, that works at native speeds and just requires brew install rdfind or apt-get install rdfind to get installed. Commented Jan 3, 2015 at 13:46