charfreq 23.8.2

Get character frequency inside files

charfreq

Get the frequency of characters in your files! Outputs JSON with character counts

Install

pip3 install charfreq

Example usage

charfreq --only "[()]" ./**/*.py

This outputs the following JSON

{
    "(": 83281,
    ")": 83286
}

More random examples

# Have a look at the options available
charfreq --help

# Check a file
charfreq script.py

# Check many files
charfreq script.py test.py api.js

# Test all py files recursively using glob (only tested on bash shell)
charfreq ./**/*.py

# Use multiple globs! (only tested on bash shell)
charfreq ./**/*.py ./**/*.html

# Exclude characters based on regex
charfreq --exclude "[a-zA-Z]" ./**/*.py

# Only capture characters based on regex
charfreq --only "[a-zA-Z]" ./**/*.py