Delete Duplicate Images (linux) - Python Code Bank

                import os
import hashlib

# Function to compute hash of a file
def get_file_hash(file_path, chunk_size=4096):
    try:
        hash_md5 = hashlib.md5()
        with open(file_path, "rb") as f:
            for chunk in iter(lambda: f.read(chunk_size), b""):
                hash_md5.update(chunk)
        return hash_md5.hexdigest()
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Error reading {file_path}: {e}")
        return None

# Function to find and delete duplicate images
def delete_duplicates(directory):
    if not os.path.isdir(directory):
        print(f"The provided path '{directory}' is not a valid directory.")
        return
    
    hashes = {}
    duplicate_count = 0

    # Walk through the directory and its subdirectories
    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(directory):
        for filename in files:
            # Check if the file is an image based on file extension
            if filename.lower().endswith(('.png', '.jpg', '.jpeg', '.gif', '.bmp', '.tiff', '.webp')):
                file_path = os.path.join(root, filename)
                print(f"Processing: {file_path}")  # Debugging: see what is being processed

                # Get the file's hash
                file_hash = get_file_hash(file_path)
                if file_hash is None:
                    continue

                # If the hash exists, it's a duplicate
                if file_hash in hashes:
                    print(f"Duplicate found: {file_path}")
                    try:
                        os.remove(file_path)  # Uncomment this to delete the file
                        print(f"Deleted: {file_path}")
                        duplicate_count += 1
                    except Exception as e:
                        print(f"Error deleting {file_path}: {e}")
                else:
                    hashes[file_hash] = file_path

    print(f"Deleted {duplicate_count} duplicate images.")

# Example usage
if __name__ == "__main__":
    directory = '/home/user/Documents/myFolder/'  # Replace with your actual folder path
    delete_duplicates(directory)