Thanks, I actually did use Meld, great GUI. However, the sorting process needs digital automation. Manually moving 1000's of files on several accounts is too slow and I haven't figured out how Meld could do that?
On Wednesday 3 January 2024 at 05:30:06 UTC+10 meine wrote: > On Mon, Jan 01, 2024 at 07:03:31AM -0800, K otgc wrote: > > Hello, > > I have Google Photos downloaded and I'm trying to sort out the mess of > > duplicates. > > I usually use vimdiff for file content, however this needs files in > > directories compared. > > > > Running command vim -c "DirDiff dir1 dir2" -> select Enter -> DirDiff.vim > > correctly shows folders only in dir1 and dir2. > > However, I need dir1's files that aren't duplicates of dir2, to move into > > dir2. > > How can I manage this please? > > Since you are looking for a difference or resemblance in files and not > per se contence, I suggest using a command line tool like `diff` or a > graphical program like `meld`. > > Both will provide you with differences and alikes in name, date, size, > etc. > > Vim and vimdiff are for comaring text files, and you seem to need > something different. > > KR, > > //meine > -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/cf15af56-f3a2-4705-9f40-9581efba719cn%40googlegroups.com.
