FileList

FileList is a utility designed to assist you in searching for files using globs. This guide will introduce you to the basic usage of this tool.

Flags

FileList uses several flags to customize your search:

• -R or --enable_recursion: Allows recursive globs, such as /**/*, where ** indicates recursive searching in the directory.
• -C or --case_sensitive: Makes the search case sensitive.
• -H or --show_hidden: Shows hidden files in the search results.
• -A or --absolute_paths: Displays all resulting paths in absolute form.
• -S or --allow_symlinks: Follows symlinks during the search.
• -V or --verbose: Enables verbose printing.
• -F or --print_format: Print the list in a colour table, markdown, csv or as a list (default).

You can also use --help or ? to print the help information.

Usage

After the flags, you can specify one or more paths containing globs for which to search.

For example:

A case sensitive search in one directory

fls -C /path/to/search/*

A case insensitive search in all directories for a text file

fls -R /**/*.txt

Note: -R flag must be provided, or the ** token will not perform a recursive search.

Support

If you encounter any issues while using FileList, please submit bug reports on the GitLab issues page.

Happy searching!