Command Line

AllDup can be launched via the command line with various parameters, allowing integration into other programs or process workflows.

Syntax

AllDup.exe -s[1-9,a,b,c] -c[0-5] -h[0-9] -f[0-7] -m[1-100] -l[10-999] -a[1,2,4,5] -n -p:"[profile name]" "[Folder1]" "[Folder2]" ....

Parameters

-s[1-9,a]

This parameter enables you to specify the search method:

1 = File Name
2 = File Extension
3 = File Size
4 = File Content
5 = File Last Modified date
6 = File Creation date
7 = File Attributes
8 = Hard Links
9 = Find similar pictures
a = Find similar music
b = Find video & audio files on the basis of the audio length
c = Find similar file names

The file properties 1 to 7 can be combined such as "-s124". The search method 8, 9, a, b and c can only be used alone such as "-s8" or "-sa".

-c[0-5]

This parameter is optionally and can be used in combination with the parameter -s4 to specify the comparison method for the comparison criteria File Content.

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

-h[0-9]

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

aHash
bHash
dHash
mHash
pHash
MD5 (128-Bit)
SHA-1 (160-Bit)
SHA-2 (256-Bit)
SHA-2 (384-Bit)
SHA-2 (512-Bit)

-f[0-7]

This parameter is optionally and can be used in combination with the parameter -sc to specify the comparison method of the search method Similar File Names.

SmartMatch
FuzzyMatch
Levenshtein
Ratcliff
MatchDiff
WordMatch
FuzzyPercent
Simil

-m[1-100]

This parameter is optionally and can be used in combination with the parameter -s9 and -sa to specify the percentage match of the search method Similar Pictures and Similar Music.

-d[0-4]

This parameter is optionally and can be used in combination with the parameter -s9 to specify the compare size of the search method Similar Pictures.

8x8 (aHash, dHash, mHash)
16x16 (aHash, dHash, mHash)
128x128 (bHash)
256x256 (bHash)
512x512 (bHash)

-l[10-999]

This parameter is optionally and can be used in combination with the parameter -sa to specify the scan length in seconds of the search method Similar Music.

-a[1,2,4,5]

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

-p:"[profile name]"

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

-n

With this parameter the specified folders will not be added to the source folder list.
This parameter 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 -h3 -m90 "C:\Pics"

Search for similar pictures inside the folder "C:\Pics" using the compare method pHash 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.