https://github.com/jftuga/create_file_index
Makes searching for file meta-data very easy
https://github.com/jftuga/create_file_index
command-line command-line-tool windows
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Makes searching for file meta-data very easy
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/jftuga/create_file_index
- Owner: jftuga
- License: mit
- Created: 2021-09-10T21:47:30.000Z (over 4 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2021-09-10T22:11:33.000Z (over 4 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-24T19:15:43.069Z (about 1 year ago)
- Topics: command-line, command-line-tool, windows
- Language: Batchfile
- Homepage:
- Size: 7.81 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# create_file_index
Makes searching for file meta-data very easy and can be used as a nightly `Scheduled Task`.
## Synopsis
This batch file creates two compressed files:
* a simple list of files and directories with their full pathname: `dir_list.txt.xz`
* a table of including file name with complete path, modification date, size, and type: `dir_stat.txt.xz`
## Usage
In the batch file, you need to edit two settings:
* **DRIVES**: a space delimited list of drive letters to index
* **CPU**: the number of threads that `xz` will use for compression
How to view file list:
* `xz -dc dir_list.txt.xz | less`
How to search for files:
* `xz -dc dir_stat.txt.xz | rg datafile.csv`
* (or use the built-in findstr command)
* `xz -dc dir_stat.txt.xz | findstr /i "datafile"`
## Required Dependencies:
* [xz.exe](https://tukaani.org/xz/)
* [fstat.exe](https://github.com/jftuga/fstat/)
* [timeit.exe](https://github.com/jftuga/timeit/)
## Optional Dependencies:
* [rg.exe](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep)
* [less.exe](https://github.com/jftuga/less-Windows)
## Truncated Example Output:
**dir_list.txt**
```
C:\github.com\jftuga\create_file_index\create_file_index.bat
C:\github.com\jftuga\create_file_index\LICENSE
C:\github.com\jftuga\create_file_index\README.md
```
**dir_stat.txt**
```
+---------------------+-------+------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| MOD TIME | SIZE | TYPE | NAME |
+---------------------+-------+------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| 2021-09-10 17:44:27 | 1,821 | F | C:\github.com\jftuga\create_file_index\create_file_index.bat |
| 2021-09-10 17:48:31 | 1,089 | F | C:\github.com\jftuga\create_file_index\LICENSE |
| 2021-09-10 17:51:31 | 828 | F | C:\github.com\jftuga\create_file_index\README.md |
| | 3,738 | | (total size for 3 files) |
| | 1,246 | | (average size for 3 files) |
+---------------------+-------+------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
```
See also: [fstat: Get info for a list of files across multiple directories](https://github.com/jftuga/fstat)