image-duplicates

utilize imagehash to compare images and move duplicates into a separate folder for review

• Libraries: os, sys, shutil, Image, imagehash, and filecmp

  • get_file_hash takes a file path and calculates the hash of that file.
  • identify_duplicates takes a folder path and identifies duplicate files in that folder based on their hashes. It creates a dictionary of file hashes and file paths and checks if the hash already exists in the dictionary. If it does, it adds the file path to a list of duplicates.
  • move_duplicates_to_folder takes a list of duplicate file paths and moves them to a new folder called "duplicates". If the file already exists in the "duplicates" folder, it appends a number to the end of the file name and tries again.
  • run_duplicate_file_detector takes a folder path, creates the "duplicates" folder, identifies duplicate files using identify_duplicates, and moves the duplicate files to the "duplicates" folder using move_duplicates_to_folder.
  • The if __name__ == '__main__': statements at the end of scripts are to check if the script is being run directly (as opposed to being imported as a module).
  • If it is being run directly, it checks if a directory argument is provided. If it is, it runs the run_duplicate_file_detector function on that directory. If not, it asks the user to input a directory path and runs the run_duplicate_file_detector function on that path.