Copy detector

A simple script to detect very similar files via Levenshtein distance (edit distance).

Requirements

Python 3

Installation

$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Usage

$ python3 run.py -f java -p 1 example

Returns

 example\HalloWelt.java
 example\HelloWorld.java
 EditDist=8, 7.02%

Params

 $ python3 run.py -h
 
 usage: run.py [-h] [-f TYPE] [-t THRESHHOLD] [-p THREADS] [-l] [-m MAX] [-nc]  
               input                                                            
                                                                                
 Find edit distance between files.                                              
                                                                                
 positional arguments:                                                          
   input                 Input dir for files                                    
                                                                                
 optional arguments:                                                            
   -h, --help            show this help message and exit                        
   -f TYPE, --type TYPE  File type to look for (default: java)                  
   -t THRESHOLD, --threshold THRESHOLD                                       
                         Threshold under which files should be      
                         reported (default: 0.1)                                
   -p THREADS, --threads THREADS                                                
                         Number of threads (default: 1)                         
   -m MAX, --max MAX     Max file size in kB (default: 10)                       
   -nc, --no-colors      Don't use colors in output         
   -l, --loyola          Loyola sakai directory format