# Is there a way to eliminate "Identical" file filter?

**URL:** <https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-eliminate-identical-file-filter/20090>\
**Category:** Automation\
**Created:** [May 27, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-eliminate-identical-file-filter/20090 "2016-05-27T01:33:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![odenace](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@odenace](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/odenace)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-eliminate-identical-file-filter/20090/1 "2016-05-27T01:33:35Z")

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I’ve created a script for Project Muse, an academic database for the humanities and social sciences. The only problem is that the search results skip a few PDF documents; the log shows that DEVONagent identified those files as “Identical.” Those file in fact are not identical but rather than argue that point, I wonder if there is a way to get DEVONagent to forgo this particular “identical” search filter? I’m thinking it would be nice to have a key equivalent to “FilterSimilarPages”–maybe a FilterIdenticalPages key that I could turn to false.

(In general I feel that all filters should have keys that allow them to be turned off, but this is a subject for another post.)

Any help would be very much appreciated.

By the way, I’m creating plugins for several academic humanities/social-science databases (JSTOR–a better one; HeinOnline; ProjectMuse; etc.) They will require that users log on to their university networks via VPN (almost all schools offer this). As soon as I have working betas, I’ll post them to see if smarter, more experienced techies can improve them.

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**Author:** ![cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/cgrunenberg/32/7172_2.png) [@cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/cgrunenberg)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-eliminate-identical-file-filter/20090/2 "2016-05-27T13:11:10Z")

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Could you send some of these PDF documents to cgrunenberg - at - [devon-technologies.com](http://devon-technologies.com)? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![system](https://devontech-discourse.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/original/2X/4/4e6ff70c96be2eb307a274d890bba8d71ba671b3.png) [@system](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 11:44am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-eliminate-identical-file-filter/20090/3 "2022-01-21T11:44:26Z")

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