fdir-cli 3.2.0

Find and organize anything on your system

fdir

Find and organize anything on your system

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Features

• List all files and folders in the current directory
• Filter files by:
  • Last modified date (--gt, --lt)
  • File size (--gt, --lt)
  • Name keywords (--keyword, --swith, --ewith)
  • File type/extension (--eq)
• Sort results by:
  • Name, size, or modification date (--order <field> <a|d>)
• Use and/or
• Delete results (--del)
• Convert results to a different extension (--convert, available for the type operation)
• Search approximately (--fuzzy)
• Search the content of files
• Field highlighting in yellow (e.g. using the modified operation would highlight the printed dates)
  • With partial highlighting for the name operation
• Hyperlinks to open matching files
• Heatmap size field letter coloring (blue -> red)
• Add .fdirignore to your directory to make fdir ignore certain files, directories or extensions

Examples

fdir modified --gt 1y --order name a  # Show files older than 1 year, in the ascending order by name
fdir size --lt 100MB --order modified d  # Show files smaller than 100MB, in the descending order by modified
fdir name --keyword report --order size a --deep  # Show files containing the "report" keyword, in the ascending order by size, and search recursively
fdir type --eq .wav --order name d --convert .mp3  # Show files with the ".wav" extension, in the descending order by name, and convert them to ".mp3"
fdir all --order modified a  # Show all files in the ascending order by modified
fdir modified --gt 1y or size --gt 1gb --del  # Show files older than 1 year old larger than 1GB, and delete them

Usage

fdir <operation> [options] [--order <field> <a|d>]

Operations

Operation	Flags	Description
modified	--gt | --lt <time>	Filter files by last modified date
size	--gt | --lt <size>	Filter files by file size
name	--keyword | --swith | --ewith <pattern>	Filter files by name
type	--eq <extension>	Filter files by file extension
all	—	List all files and directories
version	—	Display the installed version of fdir
content	--keyword <pattern>	Search the content of textual files

Time Units (modified)

Unit	Meaning
h	Hours
d	Days
w	Weeks
m	Months (approx. 30 days)
y	Years (approx. 365 days)

Size Units (size)

Unit	Meaning
B	Bytes
KB	Kilobytes
MB	Megabytes
GB	Gigabytes

Name Flags (name)

Flag	Description
--keyword	Filename contains the pattern
--swith	Filename starts with the pattern
--ewith	Filename ends with the pattern

Type Flags (type)

Flag	Description
--eq	Match exact file extension (include the dot, e.g. .py)

Additional flags

Flag	Description
--order	Sort files in a specific order
--deep	Search recursively
--top	Print only the first certain amount of matches
--fuzzy	Search approximately (make fdir support typos)

Installation

Windows

1. Download the "fdir.exe" file from the Releases tab.
2. Create a new folder in %USERPROFILE% on your computer.
3. Paste the downloaded "fdir.exe" file into that folder.
4. Copy the path of that folder.
5. Put the path of that folder into your system's PATH (run setx PATH "%PATH%;C:\path\to\fdir_folder" (replace the path with your actual path)).

Linux

1. Download the "fdir" file from the Releases tab.
2. Go to the downloaded "fdir" file's folder (run cd path/to/your/folder (replace the path with your actual path)).
3. Copy that path into ~/.local/bin (run cp fdir ~/.local/bin).

MacOS

Sorry, not available yet.