Added duplicate_clean to check for similar titles

Author: dcchillin46

duplicate_clean.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Check if directory is passed as an argument
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <directory>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+DIRECTORY="$1"
+
+# Check if the directory exists
+if [ ! -d "$DIRECTORY" ]; then
+    echo "Error: Directory '$DIRECTORY' does not exist."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Find all files in the directory
+files=$(find "$DIRECTORY" -type f)
+if [ -z "$files" ]; then
+    echo "No files found in the directory."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# Group similar files by fuzzy matching prefixes
+declare -A file_groups
+while IFS= read -r file; do
+    base_name=$(basename "$file" | sed 's/\.[^.]*$//')
+    matched=false
+
+    for key in "${!file_groups[@]}"; do
+        if [[ "$base_name" == *"$key"* || "$key" == *"$base_name"* ]]; then
+            file_groups["$key"]+="$file\n"
+            matched=true
+            break
+        fi
+    done
+
+    if [ "$matched" = false ]; then
+        file_groups["$base_name"]="$file\n"
+    fi
+done <<< "$files"
+
+# Process groups with more than one file
+found_similar=false
+for base_name in "${!file_groups[@]}"; do
+    group_files=$(echo -e "${file_groups[$base_name]}")
+    file_count=$(echo "$group_files" | wc -l)
+
+    if (( file_count > 1 )); then
+        found_similar=true
+        echo "Similar files found for base name: $base_name"
+
+        # Display group files with numeric options
+        count=1
+        declare -a file_list
+        file_list=() # Reset file_list for each group
+        while IFS= read -r file; do
+            echo "[$count] $file"
+            file_list+=("$file")
+            ((count++))
+        done <<< "$group_files"
+
+        echo ""
+        echo "Enter the numbers of the files you want to delete (separate by space), or press Enter to keep all:" >&2
+        read -rp "Your choice: " delete_choices
+
+        if [ -n "$delete_choices" ]; then
+            for choice in $delete_choices; do
+                if [[ $choice =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] && ((choice > 0 && choice <= ${#file_list[@]})); then
+                    file_to_delete="${file_list[$((choice - 1))]}"
+                    echo "Attempting to delete: \"$file_to_delete\""
+                    rm -f "$file_to_delete" 2>/dev/null
+                    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+                        echo "Deleted: \"$file_to_delete\""
+                    else
+                        echo "Failed to delete: \"$file_to_delete\""
+                    fi
+                else
+                    echo "Invalid selection: $choice"
+                fi
+            done
+        else
+            echo "Keeping all files in this group."
+        fi
+        echo ""
+    fi
+done
+
+if ! $found_similar; then
+    echo "No similar file names found in the directory."
+fi
+
+echo "No more duplicates remain!"