Lostfiles

Identifies files not owned and not created by any Arch Linux package.

Installation

This package is provided in the Arch Linux official extra repository.

Usage

Run the script as root. See the included man page for options and customization. Care should be taken in deciding which files might be extraneous, particularly when running in strict mode.

Dependencies

This script is only for Linux distros that use pacman for package management. All dependencies are including the Arch Linux base group but are listed out here for general info:

Executable | Arch package providing --- | --- bash | bash comm | coreutils find | findutils pacman | pacman sed | sed sort | coreutils tr | coreutils xargs | findutils

Links

Package: https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/lostfiles/