Rdfind!

Rdfind is available as an official package in Debian and Ubuntu. These apply to the latest editions (as of 20110724: Debian Wheezy http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/rdfind
and Ubuntu Oneiric https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rdfind.
Just execute (sudo apt-get install rdfind to install it. For older versions of Debian and Ubuntu, one can use the repository maintained by Salvatore Ansani http://ansani.it/,
who has been kind to generate packages for Debian. Thanks! See
for details. Installing from source requires the nettle library. http://www.lysator.liu.se/%7Enisse/nettle
Note that the nettle library is available as a precompiled package in both Ubuntu, Debian and Mac Os X (via Macports. It might be easier to install it u

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