reat

Tool for ergonomic use of extended attributes of filesystem objects.

Reat stands for Rust Extended ATtribute.

• ergonomic cli
  • shorts hands
  • just words no flags
  • multiple orders of arguments
• colours
• set attribute
• get attribute
• list attributes
• remove attribute
• add to list attribute
• cut from list attribute
• copy attributes from source file to destination file
• contains strings in attribute: or, and/all, not
• tags: slight special treatment
• read paths via stdin: chain reat with itself and others

todo:

• dump/restore attribute data from files in directory to/from file
• index
• workflows
• sort

cli interface argument orders:

• reat get att file
• reat get att file file file
• reat get att att att - file file file
• reat file file file get att att att
• reat set att val file
• reat set att val file file file
• reat set att att att val - file file file
• reat file file file set att att att val

might implement:

• reat set m att val att val att val - file file file
• reat m att val att val att val set file file file