quicktools

A practical Python CLI toolkit for developers — file, text, time, network, and data utilities at your fingertips.

Installation

pip install quicktools

Or from source:

git clone https://github.com/quicktools/quicktools.git
cd quicktools
pip install -e .

Quick Start

quicktools --help
quicktools file --help
quicktools text --help
quicktools time --help
quicktools network --help
quicktools data --help

Modules

1. File Tools (quicktools file)

Examples:

# Batch rename: replace "old" with "new" in all .txt files
quicktools file rename "*.txt" --find "old" --replace "new"

# Regex rename: add prefix
quicktools file rename "*.jpg" --find "^(.*)$" --replace "photo_\1" --regex --dry-run

# Search and replace in Python files
quicktools file search "src/**/*.py" --find "deprecated_func" --replace "new_func"

# Split a 10GB log file into 100MB chunks
quicktools file split bigfile.log --size 100M --output-dir ./chunks/

# Convert GBK to UTF-8
quicktools file encoding data.csv --from gbk --to utf-8 --output data_utf8.csv

2. Text Tools (quicktools text)

Examples:

# Format JSON from file
quicktools text json data.json --indent 4 --sort-keys

# Validate JSON from stdin
cat response.json | quicktools text json - --validate

# Base64 encode
quicktools text base64 encode "Hello World"

# Base64 decode
echo "SGVsbG8gV29ybGQ=" | quicktools text base64 decode -

# Test regex
quicktools text regex "\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}" "Date: 2024-01-15"

# Text statistics
quicktools text stats README.md

3. Time Tools (quicktools time)

Examples:

# Convert timestamp to datetime
quicktools time ts 1704067200

# Convert datetime to timestamp
quicktools time ts "2024-01-01 00:00:00"

# Current timestamp
quicktools time ts

# Add 30 days to a date
quicktools time calc 2024-01-01 --add 30

# Days between two dates
quicktools time calc 2024-01-01 --diff 2024-12-31

# Convert UTC to Asia/Shanghai
quicktools time tz "2024-01-01 12:00" --from UTC --to Asia/Shanghai

# Current time in UTC
quicktools time now --utc

4. Network Tools (quicktools network)

Examples:

# URL encode
quicktools network url encode "hello world & more"

# URL decode
quicktools network url decode "hello%20world%20%26%20more"

# Scan common ports
quicktools network portscan example.com

# Scan specific ports
quicktools network portscan 192.168.1.1 --ports 80,443,3000-4000

# HTTP GET request
quicktools network http https://httpbin.org/json

# HTTP POST with data
quicktools network http https://httpbin.org/post --method POST --data '{"key":"value"}' -H "Content-Type:application/json"

5. Data Tools (quicktools data)

Examples:

# CSV to JSON
quicktools data convert data.csv --to json --output data.json

# JSON to CSV
quicktools data convert data.json --to csv --output data.csv

# Remove duplicate lines
quicktools data dedup logs.txt --output clean.txt

# Generate random CSV
quicktools data generate csv --count 100 --columns "id,name,email,age,city"

# Generate random JSON
quicktools data generate json --count 50

# Generate random names
quicktools data generate names --count 20

# Generate random numbers
quicktools data generate numbers --count 100

# Generate random dates
quicktools data generate dates --count 30

Requirements

• Python 3.8+

Development

# Install dev dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest

License

MIT