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• About AllDup
• Product Description
• System Requirements
• Important Notes

• AllDup Main Window
• Main Window
• Source Folder
• Search Methods
• Search Options
• Archive Files
• Database
• File Filter
• Folder Filter
• Windows Environment Variables
• File Preview
• Profiles
• Saved Search Results
• Options
• Update Tool

• Search Result
• Search Result
• Menu Bar / Toolbar
• Context Menus
• File Manager
• Keyboard Shortcuts

• Miscellaneous
• Command Line
• Text Placeholders
• Date and Time Placeholders
• Speed Comparison Byte-by-Byte vs. SHA-1

Command Line

AllDup can be called via the command line with various parameters and thus be integrated 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] -d[0-2] -l[10-999] -a[1,2,4,5] -p:"[Profile Name]" -n "[Folder1]" "[Folder2]" ...

Parameters

• -s[1-9,a,b,c]
  This command allows you to define the search method:
  • 1 = File Name
  • 2 = File Extension
  • 3 = File Size
  • 4 = File Content
  • 5 = Modification Date
  • 6 = Creation Date
  • 7 = File Attributes
  • 8 = Hard links
  • 9 = Find Similar Pictures
  • a = Find Similar Music
  • b = Find Video and Music Files by Audio Track Length
  • c = Find Similar File Names
  File properties 1 to 7 can be combined, for example -s124 or -s36. Search methods 8, 9, a, b and c can only be used individually, for example -s8 or -sa. This parameter is optional and does not need to be specified.
• -c[0-5]
  This allows you to define the comparison method for the file content search method.
  0. Byte-by-Byte
  1. MD5 (128-Bit)
  2. SHA-1 (160-Bit)
  3. SHA-2 (256-Bit)
  4. SHA-2 (384-Bit)
  5. SHA-2 (512-Bit)
  This parameter is optional and can only be used in combination with the command -s4.
• -h[0-9]
  This allows you to define the comparison method for the Similar Pictures search method.
  0. aHash
  1. bHash
  2. dHash
  3. mHash
  4. pHash
  5. MD5 (128-Bit)
  6. SHA-1 (160-Bit)
  7. SHA-2 (256-Bit)
  8. SHA-2 (384-Bit)
  9. SHA-2 (512-Bit)
  This parameter is optional and can only be used in combination with the command -s9.
• -f[0-7]
  This allows you to define the comparison method for the Similar File Names search method.
  0. SmartMatch
  1. FuzzyMatch
  2. Levenshtein
  3. Ratcliff
  4. MatchDiff
  5. WordMatch
  6. FuzzyPercent
  7. Simil
  This parameter is optional and can only be used in combination with the command -sc.
• -m[1-100]
  This allows you to define the percentage of similarity for the Similar Pictures or Similar Music search method. This parameter is optional and can only be used in combination with the command -s9 or -sa.
• -d[0-4]
  This allows you to define the comparison size for the Similar Pictures search method.
  0. 8x8 (aHash, dHash, mHash)
  1. 16x16 (aHash, dHash, mHash)
  2. 128x128 (bHash)
  3. 256x256 (bHash)
  4. 512x512 (bHash)
  This parameter is optional and can only be used in combination with the command -s9.
• -l[10-999]
  This allows you to define the measurement duration in seconds for the Similar Music search method. This parameter is optional and can only be used in combination with the command -sa.
• -a[1,2,4,5]
  This allows you to define the comparison method for the Similar Music search method. This parameter is optional and can only be used in combination with the command -sa.
• -p:"[Profile Name]"
  This will use the settings of the specified profile for the search.
  This parameter is optional and does not need to be specified.
• -n
  With this parameter, the passed folders are not added to the source folder list.
  The parameter is optional and does not need to be specified.
• "[Folder]"
  This allows you to define which folders are to be searched. Multiple folders can be specified. Folder paths that contain spaces must be enclosed in quotation marks.
  This parameter is not optional and must be specified.

Examples

• AllDup.exe -s13 "C:\\Windows"
  Starts a search for identical file name and file size in the folder C:\\Windows.
• AllDup.exe -s9 -h3 -m90 "C:\\Windows"
  Starts a search for similar pictures using the pHash checksum with a similarity of 90% in the folder C:\\Windows.
• AllDup.exe -sa -l25 -a4 -m80 "C:\\Windows"
  Starts a search for similar music in the folder C:\\Windows using comparison method No.4 with a similarity of 80% and a measurement duration of 25 seconds.
• AllDup.exe -s4 -c0 "C:\\Windows" "C:\\Data"
  Starts a search for files with the same content in the folders C:\\Windows and C:\\Data.
• AllDup.exe -s14 -c3 "C:\\Windows"
  Starts a search for files with the same name and content in the folder C:\\Windows.
• AllDup.exe "C:\\Windows"
  Starts a search in the folder C:\\Windows with the current program settings.
• AllDup.exe -p:"Test2" "C:\\Windows"
  Starts a search in the folder C:\\Windows with the settings of the profile Test2.
• AllDup.exe C:\\Windows "D:\\Windows Backup"
  Starts a search in the folders C:\\Windows and D:\\Windows Backup with the current program settings.