https://github.com/lucaslarson/samefile

⚖️  a portable, POSIX-compliant implementation of Bash’s `-ef` test, sharing a device and an inode value
https://github.com/lucaslarson/samefile

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⚖️  a portable, POSIX-compliant implementation of Bash’s `-ef` test, sharing a device and an inode value

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/lucaslarson/samefile
• Owner: LucasLarson
• License: other
• Created: 2021-04-14T23:18:43.000Z (about 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2026-04-21T13:13:01.000Z (about 2 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2026-04-21T15:19:34.344Z (about 2 months ago)
• Topics: bash-ef, bourne-shell, hacktoberfest, inode, inodes, oh-my-zsh-plugin, ohmyzsh-plugin, posix-compatible, posix-compliance, posix-shell, same-file, same-files, samefile, test-ef, zsh-plugin, zsh-plugins
• Language: Shell
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• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 4
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  • Readme: readme.md
  • Changelog: changelog.md
  • Funding: .github/funding.yml
  • License: license.adoc
  • Code of conduct: .github/code_of_conduct.md
  • Codeowners: .github/codeowners

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# samefile

⚖️  a portable, POSIX-compliant implementation of Bash’s `-ef` test

[![AGPL](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-AGPL_3+-blue "GNU Affero General

Public License v3.0 or

later")](https://github.com/LucasLarson/samefile/blob/main/license.adoc)

[![latest release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/LucasLarson/samefile.svg)](https://github.com/LucasLarson/samefile/releases/latest)

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## Installation

### L337

Make sure the [executable named

`samefile`](https://github.com/LucasLarson/samefile/blob/main/bin/samefile) in

`bin/` is either

- moved into a directory in `$PATH`, or

- added to `$PATH`.

### Oh My Zsh

1. clone the repostory:

```sh

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/LucasLarson/samefile "${ZSH_CUSTOM:-${HOME}/.oh-my-zsh/custom}"/plugins/samefile

```

2. Next, open the `.zshrc` file in your home directory

2. insert the word ` samefile ` between the parentheses on the line that begins

   with `plugins=`.

2. save and close the file, then `source` it with `. "${HOME}"/.zshrc`.

## Usage

```sh

# not this

[ path/to/some/file -ef path/to/another/file ]

# and definitely not this

[[ path/to/some/file -ef path/to/another/file ]]

# but rather this

samefile path/to/some/file path/to/another/file

# or this

samefile --verbose path/to/some/file path/to/another/file

# or this

samefile -v path/to/some/file path/to/another/file

# returns a `0` exit status on success and `1` for failure

# just like `[`, `[[`, and `test`

```

Bash’s `-ef` and `samefile` both check that two files aren’t just similar, but

are

1. the same exact file and have

1. the same exact inode values.