DIY: Find Duplicate Files in System
Solve the interview question "Find Duplicate Files in a System" in this lesson.
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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 format: