find_duplicates_by_name

find_duplicates_by_name(directory)

Finds duplicate files based on file names within a given directory and its subdirectories.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
directory	str	The path to the directory to search for duplicates.	required

Returns

Name	Type	Description
	dict	A dictionary where keys are file names and values are lists of file paths that have that name. Only includes names that appear more than once.

Examples

>>> import tempfile
>>> import os
>>> with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
...     subdir = os.path.join(tmp, "sub")
...     os.mkdir(subdir)
...     _ = open(os.path.join(tmp, "dup.txt"), "w").write("a")
...     _ = open(os.path.join(subdir, "dup.txt"), "w").write("b")
...     duplicates = find_duplicates_by_name(tmp)
...     list(duplicates.keys())
['dup.txt']