cargo build --release --bin czkawka_cli
# With optional image format support:
cargo build --release --bin czkawka_cli --features "heif,libraw,libavif"

# List all tools
czkawka_cli --help

# Show options for a specific tool
czkawka_cli dup --help

# Find duplicate files in a directory (results printed to console)
czkawka_cli dup -d /home/user/Documents

# Save results to file without printing
czkawka_cli dup -d /home/user/Documents -f results.txt -N

# Dry run - preview which files would be deleted (keeps newest in each group)
czkawka_cli dup -d /home/user/Documents -D AEN -Q

# Delete duplicates keeping newest, move others to trash
czkawka_cli dup -d /home/user/Documents -D AEN -y

czkawka_cli dup -d <dirs> [options]

# Find duplicates >= 25 bytes in /home/rafal, skip Obrazy dir, IMAGE extensions only
czkawka_cli dup -d /home/rafal -e /home/rafal/Obrazy -m 25 -x IMAGE -f results.txt

# Dry run: show which files would be deleted keeping newest
czkawka_cli dup -d /home/data -D AEN -Q

# Protect /backup, remove duplicates from /incoming, move to trash
czkawka_cli dup -d /incoming -r /backup -D AEN -y

czkawka_cli empty-folders -d <dirs> [options]

czkawka_cli empty-folders -d /home/rafal/rr /home/gateway -f results.txt

czkawka_cli big -d <dirs> [options]

czkawka_cli big -d /home/rafal/ /home/piszczal -e /home/rafal/Roman -n 25 -x VIDEO -f results.txt

czkawka_cli empty-files -d <dirs> [options]

czkawka_cli empty-files -d /home/rafal /home/szczekacz -e /home/rafal/Pulpit -R -f results.txt

czkawka_cli temp -d <dirs> [options]

czkawka_cli temp -d /home/rafal/ -E */.git */tmp* *Pulpit -f results.txt -D

czkawka_cli image -d <dirs> [options]

czkawka_cli image -d /home/rafal/ -E */.git */tmp* *Pulpit -f results.txt

czkawka_cli video -d <dirs> [options]

czkawka_cli video -d /home/rafal -f results.txt

czkawka_cli music -d <dirs> [options]

czkawka_cli music -d /home/rafal -e /home/rafal/Pulpit -z "track_artist,year" -f results.txt

czkawka_cli symlinks -d <dirs> [options]

czkawka_cli symlinks -d /home/kicikici/ /home/szczek -e /home/kicikici/jestempsem -x jpg -f results.txt

czkawka_cli broken -d <dirs> [options]

czkawka_cli broken -d /home/kicikici/ -x jpg -f results.txt

czkawka_cli ext -d <dirs> [options]

czkawka_cli ext -d /home/czokolada/ -f results.txt

czkawka_cli bad-names -d <dirs> [options]

czkawka_cli bad-names -d /home/rafal -u -j -w -n -f results.txt

czkawka_cli exif-remover -d <dirs> [options]

czkawka_cli exif-remover -d /home/rafal -x IMAGE -F -f results.txt

czkawka_cli video-optimizer -d <dirs> transcode [options]
czkawka_cli video-optimizer -d <dirs> crop [options]

# Find videos not already in h265 or av1
czkawka_cli video-optimizer -d /home/rafal transcode -c h265,av1 -f results.txt

# Dry run: preview what would be transcoded to h265
czkawka_cli video-optimizer -d /home/rafal transcode -F -Q

# Find videos with black bars
czkawka_cli video-optimizer -d /home/rafal crop -m blackbars -f results.txt

#!/bin/bash
czkawka_cli dup \
    -d /home/user/Documents /home/user/Downloads \
    -e /home/user/.cache \
    -p /home/user/logs/duplicates_$(date +%Y%m%d).json \
    -N -M -W

czkawka_cli empty-files -d ./build_output -N -M
# exit code 11 if empty files found, 0 if none

#!/bin/bash
dir="${1:?Usage: $0 <directory>}"

echo "=== Dry run: temporary files in $dir ==="
czkawka_cli temp -d "$dir" -Q -D

echo ""
read -p "Proceed with deletion? [y/N] " answer
if [[ "$answer" == "y" ]]; then
    czkawka_cli temp -d "$dir" -D
    echo "Done."
fi

# /archive is reference - never deleted
# /incoming is cleaned - duplicates moved to trash
czkawka_cli dup \
    -d /incoming \
    -r /archive \
    -D AEN \
    -y

# Run CLI scan so Krokiet gets instant thumbnails next time it opens
czkawka_cli video -d /your/videos --generate-thumbnails -N -M -W

# Dry run first - see what has EXIF
czkawka_cli exif-remover -d /home/user/Photos -x IMAGE -f exif_report.txt

# Strip all EXIF tags (keep Orientation), override original files
czkawka_cli exif-remover -d /home/user/Photos -x IMAGE -F -o -i "Orientation"