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The script from my blog post at http://blog.stangroome.com/2007/10/13/find-duplicate-files-with-powershell/Updated to utilise PowerShell v3
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#requires -version 3 | |
[CmdletBinding()] | |
param ( | |
[string] | |
$Path | |
) | |
function Get-MD5 { | |
param ( | |
[Parameter(Mandatory)] | |
[string] | |
$Path | |
) | |
# This Get-MD5 function sourced from: | |
# http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2006/04/25/583225.aspx | |
$HashAlgorithm = New-Object -TypeName System.Security.Cryptography.MD5CryptoServiceProvider | |
$Stream = [System.IO.File]::OpenRead($Path) | |
try { | |
$HashByteArray = $HashAlgorithm.ComputeHash($Stream) | |
} finally { | |
$Stream.Dispose() | |
} | |
return [System.BitConverter]::ToString($HashByteArray).ToLowerInvariant() -replace '-','' | |
} | |
if (-not $Path) { | |
if ((Get-Location).Provider.Name -ne 'FileSystem') { | |
Write-Error 'Specify a file system path explicitly, or change the current location to a file system path.' | |
return | |
} | |
$Path = (Get-Location).ProviderPath | |
} | |
Get-ChildItem -Path $Path -Recurse -File | | |
Where-Object { $_.Length -gt 0 } | | |
Group-Object -Property Length | | |
Where-Object { $_.Count -gt 1 } | | |
ForEach-Object { | |
$_.Group | | |
ForEach-Object { | |
$_ | | |
Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name ContentHash -Value (Get-MD5 -Path $_.FullName) | |
} | |
$_.Group | | |
Group-Object -Property ContentHash | | |
Where-Object { $_.Count -gt 1 } | |
} |
Also very useful to find copy pasted code in a dev project >:)
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