Cabinet

Cross-platform file sorting system that sorts files based on their attributes, such as file type, file name and date modified.

Disclaimer: Note that features may be added, revised, or removed at any time as this is in active development

In future, options to do things like renaming and deleting a bunch of files may be implemented, though that is not a priority.

Currently implemented:

• Sort by file type
• Sort by date modified
• Sort by file name
• Sort by file size
• Load commands from a config or task file

Installation

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/rayokamoto/cabinet
cd cabinet

Build with cargo

cargo build --release

Usage

cab <command> [<options>] <path>

More in-depth information is available in the features documentation.

Commands

• type - Sort by file type (e.g. .jpg, .png, .pdf, etc.)
• date - Sort by date modified (before or after given date in YYYY-MM-DD format)
• name - Sort by name of file (by whether given pattern is in the name or not)
• size - Sort by size of file in KB (by whether file is smaller or larger than given size)

There are two options for sorting files: absolute path and path templates:

Using absolute paths

Use -p or --path to use absolute or relative paths. This option is used by default. Note that if the directory that you are sorting is in the same directory as cab, then you can just use relative paths.

cab type -p "C:\Users\User\Downloads"
cab type -p "/home/User/Downloads"

No flags provided will default to absolute path:

cab type "C:\Users\User\Downloads"
cab type "/home/User/Downloads"

Using templates

With templates, you can sort directories quickly. Invoke using the -t or --template option:

cab type -t downloads

Currently, the following templates are available:

• Documents
• Downloads
• Desktop
• Home directory (e.g. C:\Users\User\ or /home/User/)
• Music (or Audio)
• Pictures
• Videos (or Movies)

Testing

For testing, such as generating test files to sort, Python is used. Python 3.7+ is recommended.