Command line interface for basic file system operations.
Project description
clifs
Multi-platform command line interface for file system operations.
For installation run:
pip install clifs
After installation all functionality can be accessed typing clifs
in the command line, which alone will show a list of installed plugins.
To implement your own plugin best inherit from the clifs.ClifsPlugin
class.
Plugins installed by default:
Rename (ren
)
Rename files or directories using regular expressions. Supports options such as selecting files and folders by sub-string filter, time of the last modification or creation/change, or by list. Type clifs ren --help
for a list of options. By default a preview mode is running to prevent unpleasant surprises.
Example:
Command:
clifs ren ".\some_dir" --recursive --pattern "(?<!_suffix)\.(.*)" --replacement "_suffix.\1"
Output:
Disc Usage (du
)
Show disc usage for one or more directories.
Example:
Command:
clifs du "some\dir\on\some_drive" "some\other\dir\on\some_other_drive" "some\other\dir\on\yet_another_drive"
Output:
Directory Tree (tree
)
Show a directory tree including sizes of folders and files. Supports options such as controlling the tree depth or showing folders only. Type clifs tree --help
for a list of options.
Example:
Command:
clifs tree .\clifs --depth 2
Output:
Streaming Editor (sed
)
Edit text files using regular expressions. Runs line by line and gives a preview of the changes by default. Supports options such as picking lines by number, selection of files by sub-string filter, time of the last modification or creation/change, or by list. Type clifs sed --help
for a list of options.
You can e.g. remove specific lines choosing -pt ".*[\r\n]+" -l 5
or add lines in specific locations using -pt "[\r\n]+" -rp "\nadded line\n" -l 3,4"
.
Example:
clifs sed ".\some\place" --pattern "(s\w*)" --replacement "no \1" --lines 4-6 --recursive
Output:
Copy (cp
)
Copy files from one location to the other.
Supports selection of files and folders by sub-string filter, time of the last modification or creation/change, or by list. Also supports flattening the folder hierarchy. Type clifs cp --help
for a full list of options.
Example:
Command:
clifs cp ".\some_source_dir" ".\some_dest_dir" --recursive --flatten --keep_all
Output:
Move (mv
)
Move files from one location to the other.
Supports selection of files and folders by sub-string filter, time of the last modification or creation/change, or by list. Also supports flattening the folder hierarchy. Type clifs mv --help
for a full list of options.
Example:
Command:
clifs mv ".\some_source_dir" ".\some_dest_dir" --recursive --skip_existing
Output:
Delete (del
)
Delete files from the drive.
Supports options such as selecting files and folders by sub-string filter, time of the last modification or creation/change, or by list. Type clifs del --help
for a full list of options.
Example:
Command:
clifs del ".\some_dir" --recursive --filterstring ".py"
Output:
Backup (backup
)
Back up files and folders. Supports backing up via a config file giving multiple source/target pairs and the option to delete files which are not present in the source directory from the corresponding target directory.
Type clifs backup --help
for a full list of options.
Example:
Command:
clifs backup --dir_source ".\some_source_dir" --dir_dest ".\some_dest_dir" --delete --verbose
Output:
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