File Text Extractor is a CLI tool developed in Go that processes files in a given directory and extracts their text content to an output file. It can also ignore files with certain extensions.
- Install Go on your machine. Instructions can be found here.
- Clone the repository to your local machine:
git clone https://github.com/username/repo-name.git - Navigate to the project directory:
cd repo-name - Build the executable:
go build
The tool can be executed with the following command:
./file-text-extractor -d <directory> -o <output file> -i <ignored extensions>
Where:
-d: directory to process-o: output file-i: comma-separated list of file extensions to ignore
Process all files in the directory /home/user/documents and output the results to a file named output.txt, ignoring files with extensions .pdf and .docx:
./file-text-extractor -d /home/user/documents -o output.txt -i pdf,docx
Tests can be run with the following command:
go test -cover
Contributions to this project are always welcome! Here are some ways to contribute:
- Report a bug by opening an issue
- Fix an issue by opening a pull request
- Add new features by opening a pull request
This project is licensed under the MIT license.