DIY: Find Duplicate Files in System
Explore how to find and group duplicate files based on their content within a file system. This lesson helps you implement a function in Rust that processes directory paths and file contents, returning all file paths with duplicate content. Understand how to parse input strings and efficiently detect duplicates, preparing you for related coding interview challenges.
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Problem statement
Suppose you are given a list, paths, of directory information, including the directory path and all the files with contents in this directory. Your task is to return a list where each element is the path of all the files in the file system that have the same content.
Note: You can return the final answer in any order. At least two files that have the same content are considered to be a group of duplicate files.
A single directory information string in paths has the following ...