Command Line

Syntax

AllDup.exe -s[1-9,a] -c[0-5] -h[0-2] -m[1-100] -l[10-999] -a[1,2,4,5] -n -p:"[profile name]" "[Folder1]" "[Folder2]" ....

Parameters

-s[1-9,a]

1 = Name
2 = Extension
3 = Size
4 = Content
5 = Last Modified date
6 = Create date
7 = Attributes
8 = Hard Link
9 = Similar Pictures
a = Similar Music

The comparison criteria 1 to 7 can be combined together such as "-s124". The comparison criteria 8, 9 and 'a' can only be used alone such as "-s8", "-s9" and "-sa".

-c[0-5]

Byte by byte
MD5 (128-Bit)
SHA-1 (160-Bit)
SHA-2 (256-Bit)
SHA-2 (384-Bit)
SHA-2 (512-Bit)

This command is optionally and can be used in combination with the command -s4 to specify the comparison method of the comparison criteria 'Content'.

-h[0-2]

aHash
dHash
pHash

This command is optionally and can be used in combination with the command -s9 to specify the comparison method of the comparison criteria 'Similar Pictures'.

-m[1-100]

This command is optionally and can be used in combination with the command -s9 and -sa to specify the percentage match of the comparison criteria 'Similar Pictures' and 'Similar Music'.

-d[0-2]

8x8
16x16
24x24

This command is optionally and can be used in combination with the command -s9 to specify the compare size of the comparison criteria 'Similar Pictures'.

-l[10-999]

This command is optionally and can be used in combination with the command -sa to specify the scan length in seconds of the comparison criteria 'Similar Music'.

-a[1,2,4,5]

This command is optionally and can be used in combination with the command -sa to specify the comparison method of the comparison criteria 'Similar Music'.

-p:"[profile name]"

This command is optionally and enables you to load a profile.

-n

With this command the passed folders will not added to the source folder list.
This command is optionally.

"[Folder]"

This parameter is necessary and enables you to specify the folder(s) to be searched for duplicates. Folder paths that include space(s) have to be enclosed in double-quotes.

Examples

AllDup.exe -s13 "C:\Work"

Search for duplicates with the same file name and file size inside the folder "C:\Work".

AllDup.exe -s9 -h1 -m90 "C:\Pics"

Search for similar pictures inside the folder "C:\Pics" using the compare method dHash and a percentage match of 90%.

AllDup.exe -sa -l25 -a4 -m80 "C:\Audio"

Search for similar music files inside the folder "C:\Audio" using a scan length of 25 seconds with the compare method no.4 and a percentage match of 80%.

AllDup.exe -s4 -c0 "C:\Work" "C:\Data"

Search for duplicates with the same content inside the folders "C:\Work" and "C:\Data".

AllDup.exe -s14 -c0 "C:\Work"

Search for files with the same name and content inside the folder "C:\Work".

AllDup.exe "C:\Work"

Search for duplicates inside the folder "C:\Work" with the current program settings.

AllDup.exe -p:"test" "C:\Work"

Search for duplicates inside the folder "C:\Work" with the settings of the profile "test".

AllDup.exe C:\Work "D:\Data Backup"

Search for duplicates inside the folders "C:\Work" and "D:\Data Backup" with the current program settings.