remove_dupes.py

import os
import hashlib
from tqdm import tqdm

def calculate_hash(file_path, chunk_size=1024):
    """Calculate the MD5 hash of a file."""
    hash_md5 = hashlib.md5()
    with open(file_path, "rb") as f:
        for chunk in iter(lambda: f.read(chunk_size), b""):
            hash_md5.update(chunk)
    return hash_md5.hexdigest()

def find_and_remove_duplicates(directory):
    """Find and remove duplicate files in the given directory."""
    if not os.path.isdir(directory):
        print(f"The directory {directory} does not exist.")
        return

    file_hashes = {}
    files_to_remove = []

    # Walk through the directory and calculate hashes
    for root, _, files in tqdm(os.walk(directory)):
        for file in files:
            file_path = os.path.join(root, file)
            file_hash = calculate_hash(file_path)
            if file_hash in file_hashes:
                files_to_remove.append(file_path)
            else:
                file_hashes[file_hash] = file_path

    # Remove duplicate files with a progress bar
    for file_path in tqdm(files_to_remove, desc="Removing duplicates"):
        os.remove(file_path)

    print(f"Removed {len(files_to_remove)} duplicate files.")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    directory = input("Enter the directory to check for duplicates: ")
    find_and_remove_duplicates(directory)