Searches hard drives/given path for files specified by file extensions
pip install filewalker
From command line:
python -m filewalker [-h] [--path PATH] [--files FILES] [--overrideDefaultFileTypes | --no-overrideDefaultFileTypes | -o]
| Option | Short | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| --path | -p | String | - | Path which shall be searched. If no path is provided, all available drives will be searched |
| --files | -f | String[] | [] | Comma separated list of file type to be searched for: pdf,jpg,txt |
| --overrideDefaultFileTypes | -o | Boolean | False | If true, the default file types will be overwritten. |
Default File Types:
pdf, doc, docx, ppt, pptx, xls, xlsx, png, jpeg, jpg, gif, txt
Programmatically:
from filewalker.search.Search import Search
s = Search(["md", "txt"]) # Provide the file extension you are interested in
files = s.identifyFiles("path/to/dir") # If no path is provided, all available
# hard disk will be searched
# You can see the structure of the files
# dictionary in the example below.
# Print findings
printable = json.dumps(files, indent=4)
py -m filewalker -p path/to/dir -f md,txt -o
Search for all md and txt files within the path path/to/dir and it's
subdirectories.
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filewalker by 5f0
Searches hard drives/given path for files specified by file extensions
Current working directory: path/to/filewalker
Datetime: 01/01/1970 20:20:20
Targeted path: path/to/dir
Targeted files: ['md', txt]
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[
{
"type": "md",
"count": 2,
"paths": [
"path/to/dir/LICENSE.md",
"path/to/dir/config/README.md"
]
},
{
"type": "txt",
"count": 1,
"paths": [
"path/to/dir/config/other/options.txt"
]
}
]
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Execution Time: 0.016395 sec
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