files-db2 0.2

Create a database of all the items of a directory

Create a database of all the items of a directory

Installation

Install it with pip: pip install files-db2

Usage

Create the database:

import files_db
db = files_db.create(<your src>)

It is a table, a subclass of pandas dataframe, the columns are the following:

• name: name of the item, relative path
• size: size in bytes
• n: number of items and sub-items
• ctime: creation time
• mtime: modification time
• atime: last access time
• level: how deep the item is from the root
• nls: number of items (-1 if file)

You can use pandas native function sort_values

db_size = db.sort_values("size",ascending=False) # Get which items takes the most place
db_timeline = db.sort_values("ctime") # Get a timeline of items by their creation date

Other features:

db_ls = db.ls() # extract all root items
db_sub = db("foo/bar") # navigate in the database by getting into 1 specific item
db.only_dirs() # select only the dirs
db.only_files() # select only the files
db.pin_columns("nls") # pin a column(s) when you're more interested into a particular one

db.to_csv(<file>) # Export into a file
db = files_db.read_csv(<file>) # Import a database of file

And then you can save it into a file by db.to_csv(<file>) simply like pandas, and use a tool like Data Wrangler or Excel to view and analyse this data freely.