Add --remove option.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/dupfiles b/dupfiles
index 8c06c3d..3d9e8db 100755
--- a/dupfiles
+++ b/dupfiles
@@ -197,6 +197,12 @@ def make_hardlinks(duplicates):
         os.link(canonical, pathname)
 
 
+def remove_all_but_one(duplicates):
+    keep = duplicates.pop()
+    for pathname in duplicates:
+        os.remove(pathname)
+
+
 def report(duplicates):
     sys.stdout.write('\n'.join(duplicates))
     sys.stdout.write('\n\n')
@@ -208,6 +214,8 @@ def main():
                       help='hardlink duplicate files to each other')
     parser.add_option('--progress', action='store_true',
                       help='report progress')
+    parser.add_option('--remove', action='store_true',
+                      help='remove all but one copy of identical files')
 
     opts, args = parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -218,6 +226,8 @@ def main():
     for duplicates in dupfinder.duplicates():
         if opts.make_hardlinks:
             make_hardlinks(duplicates)
+        elif opts.remove:
+            remove_all_but_one(duplicates)
         else:
             report(duplicates)