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In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm is an effective method expressed as a finite list of well-defined instructions for calculating a function. Algorithms are used for calculation, data processing, and automated reasoning.

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Finding duplicate files?

The fastest way is just to compare hash code of files having same size. This is the idea of of this answer on SO (see the second command line and its explanations). There is no security issue while …
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