fsort-cli

fsort is a simple yet powerful terminal utility for viewing directory contents in an organized manner on your terminal window.

fsort lets you visualise the files in sorted order by name, size, or last modified date.

fsort provides a quick and convenient way to view files directly from the command line.

fsort does not actually modify/sort the files in the actual file system. It only reads the contents of the directory and displays the file name, size and last modified date in sorted order on terminal.

Installation

$ pip install fsort-cli

$ fsort --version
fsort 0.8.0

Usage

By default fsort sorts the files in the current working directory by file "name"

fsort

You can specify the directory using --path CLI argument

fsort --path /path/to/directory

You can specify by what order the files need to be sorted using --key CLI argument

Mac/Linux:

fsort --path /path/to/directory --key size

fsort --path /path/to/directory --key date

fsort --path /path/to/directory --key name

NOTE: Windows users please enclose the directory path in quotes. For Mac/Linux users wrapping the directory path in quotes is not mandatory.

Windows:

fsort --path "C:\path\to\directory" --key size

fsort --path "C:\path\to\directory" --key date

fsort --path "C:\path\to\directory" --key name

You can sort specific file types using --file-extension CLI argument.

Usage

Sort only those files with jpg extension by "name"

fsort --path /path/to/directory --key name --file-extension jpg

Sort only those files with txt extension by "size"

fsort --path /path/to/directory --key size --file-extension txt

Sort only those files with png extension by "last modified date"

fsort --path /path/to/directory --key date --file-extension png