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title: "Czkawka CLI)"
url: "https://forum.qnap.net.pl/threads/czkawka-cli.37596/"
thread_id: 37596
date: "2021-05-12"
category: "Download"
section: "Centrum aplikacji (App Center / QPKG)"
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# Czkawka CLI)

> Source: <https://forum.qnap.net.pl/threads/czkawka-cli.37596/> · Download · Forum QNAP Polska · 2021-05-12

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Nowa aplikacja QPKG w sklepie Qnapclub Store: Czkawka CLI)

Multi functional app to find duplicates, empty folders, similar images etc.

Czkawka (tch•kav•ka, hiccup) is a simple, fast and free app to remove unnecessary files from your computer.

Features

Written in memory safe Rust

Amazingly fast - due to using more or less advanced algorithms and multithreading

Free, Open Source without ads

Multiplatform - works on Linux, Windows and macOS

Cache support - second and further scans should be a lot of faster than the first

CLI frontend - for easy automation

GUI frontend - uses modern GTK 3 and looks similar to FSlint

Rich search option - allows setting absolute included and excluded directories, set of allowed file extensions or excluded items with the * wildcard

Multiple tools to use:

Duplicates - Finds duplicates basing on file name, size, hash, first 1 MB of hash

Empty Folders - Finds empty folders with the help of an advanced algorithm

Big Files - Finds the provided number of the biggest files in given location

Empty Files - Looks for empty files across the drive

Temporary Files - Finds temporary files

Similar Images - Finds images which are not exactly the same (different resolution, watermarks)

Zeroed Files - Finds files which are filled with zeros (usually corrupted)

Same Music - Searches for music with same artist, album etc.

Invalid Symbolic Links - Shows symbolic links which points to non-existent files/directories

Broken Files - Finds files with an invalid extension or that are corrupted

usage :

[~] # czkawka

czkawka 3.1.0

USAGE:

czkawka [SCFLAGS] [SCOPTIONS]

FLAGS:

-h, --help Prints help information (--help will give more information)

-V, --version Prints version information

SUBCOMMANDS:

big Finds big files

broken Finds broken files

dup Finds duplicate files

empty-files Finds empty files

empty-folders Finds empty folders

help Prints this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

image Finds similar images

music Finds same music by tags

symlinks Finds invalid symlinks

temp Finds temporary files

zeroed Finds zeroed files

try "czkawka -h" to get more info about a specific tool

EXAMPLES:

czkawka dup -d /home/rafal -e /home/rafal/Obrazy -m 25 -x 7z rar IMAGE -s hashmb -f results.txt -D aeo

czkawka empty-folders -d /home/rafal/rr /home/gateway -f results.txt

czkawka big -d /home/rafal/ /home/piszczal -e /home/rafal/Roman -n 25 -x VIDEO -f results.txt

czkawka empty-files -d /home/rafal /home/szczekacz -e /home/rafal/Pulpit -R -f results.txt

czkawka temp -d /home/rafal/ -E */.git */tmp* *Pulpit -f results.txt -D

czkawka image -d /home/rafal -e /home/rafal/Pulpit -f results.txt

czkawka zeroed -d /home/rafal -e /home/krzak -f results.txt"

czkawka music -d /home/rafal -e /home/rafal/Pulpit -z "artist,year, ARTISTALBUM, ALBUM___tiTlE" -f results.txt

czkawka symlinks -d /home/kicikici/ /home/szczek -e /home/kicikici/jestempsem -x jpg -f results.txt

czkawka broken -d /home/mikrut/ -e /home/mikrut/trakt -f results.txt

Modele: TS-NASX86 64bits

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