Easy symlinks to the n latest files in a directory
Project description
Easy symlinks to the n latest files in a directory.
This is an tool that maintains symlinks to the n most recently modified files in a given directory.
Installation
pip install nlatest-files
Usage
usage: nlf [-h] [-c FILE] [--save] -d DIR [-n COUNT] [-u] [-s DIR] [-f FORMAT]
[-q]
Args that start with '--' (eg. --save) can also be set in a config file
(/home/user/.config/nlatest-files.conf or specified via -c). Config file syntax
allows: key=value, flag=true, stuff=[a,b,c] (for details, see syntax at
https://goo.gl/R74nmi). If an arg is specified in more than one place, then
commandline values override config file values which override defaults.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-c FILE, --config FILE
config file location, defaults to
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nlatest-files.conf
--save if specified, saves the current configuration to the
config file
-d DIR, --dir DIR the source directory
-n COUNT, --count COUNT
the latest n files to list, defaults to 1
-u, --update-symlinks
create symlinks to the latest n files
-s DIR, --symlink-dir DIR
the directory to create symlinks in, defaults to the
source directory
-f FORMAT, --symlink-format FORMAT
the format string for symlinks, where {n} is the order
index, defaults to 'latest-{n}'. {n} must be included,
unless n = 1
-q, --quiet if specified, no status messages will be printed to
stderr
Examples
nlf -d ~/invoices -n 5
Prints the latest 5 files in ~/invoices
nlf -d ~/invoices -n 5 --save
Saves the given parameters to the default config file
nlf -d ~/invoices -n 5 -c ~/dotfiles/myconfig.conf --save
Saves the given parameters to the specified config file
nlf
Prints the latest 5 again, using from the config file
nlf -u -s $HOME/screenshots -f "screeny-{n}" -n 3
Creates symlinks to the top 3 latest screenshots in ~/screenshots
scrot -e 'mv -u $f ~/screenshots/ && nlf -u -d ~/screenshots -n 1 -f "latest"'
Takes a screenshot with scrot, moves it to ~/screenshots, then
adds a `symlink ~/screenshots/latest` pointing to it
Future Plans
[ ] file extension specifier
[ ] multiple source directories
[ ] recursive search
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