ag_file_system_scanner

This is a high performance, nifty, command-line tool written in rust to navigate through the filesystem. It can be used to -

• Find Directories, Symlinks and Files by their full/partial name.
• Find the sizes of Directories recursively.
• Find permissions of Filesystem Entries (POSIX-style permissions only).
• General Navigation and exploration of the filesystem through the command-line.

It is a successor to AgFileSystemScanner, which is the same tool written in C++. Rust was used over C++ due to its verbose, compile-time error handling. Exceptions are not present in rust, which reduces the chances of crashes happening.

Usage

fss [PATH] [options] [-r [DEPTH]] [-S|--search|--search-noext|--contains PATTERN]

Options

-r, --recursive             Recursively scan directories (can be followed by a positive integer to indicate the depth)
-p, --permissions           Show permissions of all entries
-t, --modification-time     Show time of last modification of entries

-f, --files                 Show Regular Files (normally hidden)
-l, --symlinks              Show Symlinks (normally hidden)
-s, --special               Show Special Files such as sockets, pipes, etc. (normally hidden)

-d, --dir-size              Recursively calculate and display the size of each directory

-a, --abs                   Show the absolute path of each entry without any indentation

-S, --search                Only show entries whose name completely matches the following string completely
    --search-noext          Only show entries whose name(except for the extension) completely matches the following string completely
    --contains              Only show entries whose name contains the following string completely

-e, --show-err              Show errors
-h, --help                  Print Usage Instructions

PATH is the path to the directory from which to start the scan.

Only one of the search options(-S, --search, --search-noext, --contains) can be set at a time.

The argument after the search flag is treated as the search pattern.

Examples

Print the directories in the current directory, recursively going down two levels -

fss -r 2

Print the contents of /proc, including files, symlinks and special files with their permissions -

fss "/proc" -f -l -s -p

Recursively search for all directories named proc in C:// and show their sizes, last modification times -

fss "C:/" -r -d -t -S "proc"