arsenetar
Feature request: add command "Select all files in the same folder" on Actions - Context menu
Hi,
Since FSLint is deprecated on Ubuntu 20.04 due to Python dependance, I discover DupeGuru which is very great, and also has a Windows version, nice as my new company uses MS - thanks for your job !
I just tested and it works fine, except I didn't find a useful option:
When scanning multiples folders, sometimes, due to many backups or so, you can have one with lots of duplicates.
It would be great (is it's not to hard to code) to have a command on the Context menu, when selecting one duplicate in such a folder, or on the Actions menu, to "Select all files in the same folder".
In this way, you could select all files that are listed as duplicates in the folder and note having to check dozen or hundreds of rows...
I upvote this request. Right now I've created a script that with "cut" and "sed" commands removes the duplicate files in a particular folder. But doing it in the GUI would be simpler.
Just to make sure I understand right, you mean "select all files in the same folder" for a group of duplicates? Not all files from all other dupe groups?
I mean both, if possible : if you select only one file, you could have an option to delete all the duplicates of the same group except one (the first listed or the one you choose). But also, sometimes you know you have many backups and some folders are full of duplicates : so in the big result listing, it could be useful to have an option "Select all duplicates in all groups in the same folder" which would select all the files from all dupe groups which are located in the same folder, except one for each if all the group is in this folder. So it erases in only one click dozen / hundreds of dupes instead of having to do it manually for each group, which can be very long and boring... With some warning and confirmation messages to avoid deleting a whole group without keeping 1 file for each at least.
Just noticed the folder-states option which could partially solve my issue : by putting all the right folders (and their subfolders) as references, except if some duplicates are found inside a same folder, all other marked will be only from the folders set as "normal" ; and so with the "mark all" option, it should be possible to delete in one shot - just perhaps in some cases quickly check before...
Is this request the same as trying to find all duplicates within the folder and subfolders selected via the context menu?
I'd also like a command like this. I'm scanning a folder in D:\ and I have a older copy of it in Y:\ which I'd like to scan and remove duplicates from. It would be nice to be able to just mark all files in Y:\ found that are dupes and then go over the list. I'm also missing a "View" option/tab for viewing the MD5 hashes of items in the list.
