Duplicate file problem

At some point I was testing copy speeds and created some duplicate files (actually a lot of them) on different drives.  So many that I need to search and fix them a little at a time or my syslog gets filled up with messages and my system locks up.

Can someone help me with some sort of linux command that will search for duplicates but stop searching after finding a specified number of them?  That way I can fix some and rerun the search.

Hi. The links below would help you locate duplicate files under a Linux CLI:

http://ajayfromiiit.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/one-liner-to-find-and-remove-duplicate-files-in-linux/

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http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/3555/find-duplicate-files-based-on-size-first-then-md5-hash

also there is a script which you could run on you server to locate duplicate file too (caution: untested under unraid)

http://fslint.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/fslint/findup

Hope this helps.

Hi. The links below would help you locate duplicate files under a Linux CLI:

 

http://ajayfromiiit.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/one-liner-to-find-and-remove-duplicate-files-in-linux/

 

&

 

http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/3555/find-duplicate-files-based-on-size-first-then-md5-hash

 

also there is a script which you could run on you server to locate duplicate file too (caution: untested under unraid)

 

http://fslint.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/fslint/findup

 

Hope this helps.