Delete duplicate files - Pl. Help!

[singenaadam]

I had merged two folders. Now there are ~60,000 files spread across the ~50 sub-folders.

The duplicates have (2) appended by SynToy (it freaks out once in a while).

Is there a way to delete them using some app. using wildcard - something that would mean in normal English:
"delete all files in all sub-folders with filename ending in (2)"

Pl. help!

 

[ayanavish]

Try this: http://www.joerg-rosenthal.com/en/antitwin/

Or may be a couple of recommendations from this page: http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-duplicate-file-remover.htm

 

[singenaadam]

Thanks @ayanavish , (I tried the stuff, apparently Duplicate File Cleaner is better of the lot) - but my problem is that the duplicates have the "(2)" appended. So they do not show up in the searches of the typical apps.

 

[Konquerror]

Try this powershell command

Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Test -Recurse -force | Where-Object { -not ($_.psiscontainer) } | Remove-Item -include *+"(2).txt" -Force

Sigh! doesn't work. Deletes all files. Need some more tweaking.

 

[Criminal]

do all these files ending in '(2)' have the same extension?

 

[filmguy]

+1 for antitwin. use the 'compare by content' option which will find all the dupes, then you can move it to separate folder to confirm & delete

 

[ayanavish]

Thanks @ayanavish , (I tried the stuff, apparently Duplicate File Cleaner is better of the lot) - but my problem is that the duplicates have the "(2)" appended. So they do not show up in the searches of the typical apps.

Try what filmguy suggested: http://www.joerg-rosenthal.com/en/antitwin/comparison-method.html

 

[6pack]

Try this method:
Type (2) in search box in the root of that folder containing the files. Should give you the files. Select them and delete.

 

[sky]

@Jambumali
I have been using a program named "DoubleKiller" very old and small in size (800kb).
It have options to search files based on same name, checksum, dates, size. It also take additional parameters along with wild card characters.

 

[singenaadam]

@gauravH : all are dox - extensions: .txt .lit, .pdf, .doc, .mobi.

I will try the antiTwin & the method @6pack suggested.

Thanks everyone, for your time!

 

[Criminal]

You could've selected all the duplicate files in one go if the extensions were same. Now search for individual file types at the folder level and delete them.

search strings; use with quotes:

"* (2).txt"
"* (2).lit"
"* (2).pdf"
"* (2).doc"
"* (2).mobi"

 

[Marcus Fenix]

Nice and easy
del /s "*(2)*"

del-Delete
/s -Globald search
*(2)* -The string (2) might be at any arbitrary position in the filename e.g. Office(2).pdf,Office(2).xlsx

 

[Criminal]

^^ that will delete all the files containing string "(2)", regardless of its location in the filename.
OP needs to delete files having "(2)" at the end of its name.

 

[singenaadam]

Thanks once again! Will be travelling now. Will get back to you, once I try the commands/antiTwin.

 

[singenaadam]

@gauravH : used combo of locate32 with your suggestion - worked!

thanks everyone for reading & the suggestions.