Unduplicate Images

This Python script searches through a specified source folder (including subdirectories) and copies unique images to a destination folder, maintaining the original folder structure. Duplicate images are skipped, and a log file is created listing the paths of duplicate images.

The script is compatible with Python 3.6 and above.

Features

• Iterates through a designated source folder (including subdirectories)
• Copies unique images to a destination folder, keeping the original folder structure
• Skips over duplicate images (comparing image content, not file names)
• Creates a log file listing the paths of all duplicate images
• Displays a progress bar in the terminal

Supported Image Formats

The script supports the following image formats:

• JPEG (both .jpg and .jpeg extensions)
• PNG (.png)
• GIF (.gif)
• WebP (.webp)

How to use

1. Make sure you have Python 3.6 or later installed on your system.
2. Install the required package: tqdm using pip install tqdm or pip3 install tqdm (depending on your Python version)
3. Download the script as unduplicate.py.
4. Open the unduplicate.py script in your preferred text editor.
5. In the script, set source_folder variable to the path of the folder containing the original images.
6. Set the destination_folder variable to the path of the folder where unique images should be copied.
7. Save the changes and run the script: python unduplicate.py

Example

For example, if you have a folder named 'images' containing the original images and you want to copy the unique images to a folder named 'sorted-images':

source_folder = "images"
destination_folder = "sorted-images"