Having been so meticulous about taking back ups, I’ve perhaps not as been as careful about where I stored them, so I now have a loads of duplicate files in various places. I;ve tried various tools fdupes, czawka etc. , but none seems to do what I want… I need a tool that I can tell which folder (and subfolders) is the source of truth, and to look for anything else, anywhere else that’s a duplicate, and give me an option to move or delete. Seems simple enough, but I have found nothing that allows me to do that… Does anyone know of anything ?
I think you’re asking for a duplicate finder that can tell where that file came from(source of truth?)
Most duplicate finders work by hashing the files and looking for matches. If the file indicated where it came from it would have a different hash and not be found to be a duplicate.
So I don’t think what you’re asking for can be done. But I’m not sure I understand what you’re asking.