A directory scanning tool
Project description
Lysergic
Lysergic is a directory scanning tool. It allows you to quickly analyze file systems, compute file hashes, and extract metadata. It includes support for multi-threading and optional Magika integration for advanced file type detection.
Installation
You can install Lysergic using pip:
pip install lysergic
For Magika support, install with the 'magika' extra:
pip install lysergic[magika]
Command Line Usage
After installation, you can use Lysergic from the command line with the lsd
command:
lsd /path/to/directory
Optional arguments:
-o, --output FILE
: Specify output file (default: stdout)-c, --compress
: Compress output with gzip-m, --metadata
: Include file metadata-t, --threads N
: Number of threads to use (default: 1)--magika
: Use Magika for file type detection--eta
: Estimate processing time--no-progress
: Disable progress bars--salt STRING
: Salt to prepend to file contents before hashing
Example:
lsd /home/user/documents -o output.jsonl -c -m -t 4 --magika
This command will scan the /home/user/documents
directory, include metadata, use 4 threads, enable Magika, and save the compressed output to output.jsonl.gz
.
Python Module Usage
You can also use Lysergic as a Python module in your scripts:
from lysergic import LSD
# Initialize LSD
lsd = LSD("/path/to/directory", include_metadata=True, num_threads=4, use_magika=True)
# Process the directory and iterate over results
for file_info in lsd.process_directory():
print(file_info)
# Or process and save to a file
lsd.process_and_save("output.jsonl", compress=True)
# Estimate processing time
estimate = lsd.estimate_processing_time()
print(f"Estimated time: {LSD.format_time(estimate['total_estimated_time'])}")
License
This project is licensed under the Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal (CC0-1.0) License. This means you can copy, modify, distribute, and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
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