ffind v0.8 - A sane

Info: An utility to search files recursively on a dir.

Author: Jaime Buelta

About

Basically, replaces find . -name '*FILE_PATTERN*' with ffind.py FILE_PATTERN

• Input filename maybe a regex
• Search recursively on current directory by default.
• If the FILE_PATTERN is all in lowercase, the search will be case insensitive, unless a flag is set.
• Regex can affect only the filename (default) or the full path.
• Will print colorized output in glamorous red (default), except on redirected output.
• Ignores hidden directories (directories starting with .) by default, but this can be disabled
• Can ignore source control common directories
• Follow symlinks by default, but that can be deactivated if necessary to avoid recursion problems
• Requires python2.7
• Can delete match files
• Can execute a command on match files
• Experimental fuzzy search

Common uses:

• ffind txt to return all text files in current dir
• ffind ../other_dir txt to return all text files under dir ../otherdir (or `ffind.py txt -d ../otherdir`)

All options

usage: ffind.py [-h] [-p] [--nocolor] [--nosymlinks] [--hidden] [-c]
                [--delete] [--exec "command"] [--ignore-vcs] [-f] [--version]
                [dir] filepattern

Search file name in directory tree

positional arguments:
  dir               Directory to search
  filepattern

optional arguments:
  -h, --help        show this help message and exit
  -p                Match whole path, not only name of files
  --nocolor         Do not display color
  --nosymlinks      Do not follow symlinks (following symlinks can lead to
                    infinite recursion)
  --hidden          Do not ignore hidden directories
  -c                Force case sensitive. By default, all lowercase patterns
                    are case insensitive
  --delete          Delete files found
  --exec "command"  Execute the given command with the file found as argument.
                    The string '{}' will be replaced with the current file
                    name being processed
  --ignore-vcs      Ignore version control system files and directories
  -f                Experimental fuzzy search. Increases the matches, use with
                    care. Combining it with regex may give crazy results
  --version         Show program's version number and exit

Install

python setup.py install