Xtool Dedup Parameter [patched] < 360p 2026 >

Enter — a powerful command-line toolkit for dataset processing. One of its most critical (and often misunderstood) flags is the dedup parameter.

| Parameter | Purpose | |-----------|---------| | --field text | Only deduplicate based on the text field, ignoring metadata like id or timestamp . | | --minhash | Enable MinHash for fast fuzzy deduplication on huge datasets (millions+ rows). | | --keep first | Keep the first occurrence; discard later duplicates. | | --report | Generate a dedup_report.json showing how many duplicates were removed. | xtool dedup parameter

When preparing datasets for large language model (LLM) training or fine-tuning, duplicate data is the silent killer . It wastes compute, causes overfitting, and skews your model’s understanding. Enter — a powerful command-line toolkit for dataset