Tests of the file helper tool $ f -h Usage: f [options] [filenames] Options: -h, --help show this help message and exit -t, --type show file type (file or directory) -m, --mode show file mode -l, --links show number of links -s, --size show size of file -n NEWER, --newer=NEWER check if file is newer (or same) -r, --recurse recurse into directories -S, --sha1 show sha1 hash of the content -M, --md5 show md5 hash of the content -D, --dump dump file content -H, --hexdump hexdump file content -B BYTES, --bytes=BYTES number of characters to dump -L LINES, --lines=LINES number of lines to dump -q, --quiet no default output $ mkdir dir $ cd dir $ f --size size=0 $ echo hello | f --md5 --size size=6, md5=b1946ac92492d2347c6235b4d2611184 $ f foo foo: file not found $ echo foo > foo $ f foo foo: $ f foo --mode foo: mode=644 $ seq 10 > bar $ chmod +x bar $ f bar --newer foo --mode --type --size --dump --links --bytes 7 bar: file, size=21, mode=755, links=1, newer than foo >>> 1 2 3 4 <<< no trailing newline $ ln bar baz $ f bar -n baz -l --hexdump -t --sha1 --lines=9 -B 20 bar: file, links=2, newer than baz, sha1=612ca68d0305c821750a 0000: 31 0a 32 0a 33 0a 34 0a 35 0a 36 0a 37 0a 38 0a |1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.| 0010: 39 0a |9.| $ ln -s yadda l $ f . --recurse -MStmsB4 .: directory with 4 files, size=120, mode=755 ./bar: file, size=21, mode=755, md5=3b03, sha1=612c ./baz: file, size=21, mode=755, md5=3b03, sha1=612c ./foo: file, size=4, mode=644, md5=d3b0, sha1=f1d2 ./l: link, size=5, mode=777, md5=2faa, sha1=af93 $ f --quiet bar -DL 3 1 2 3 $ cd .. $ f -qr dir -HB 17 dir: directory with 4 files dir/bar: 0000: 31 0a 32 0a 33 0a 34 0a 35 0a 36 0a 37 0a 38 0a |1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.| 0010: 39 |9| dir/baz: 0000: 31 0a 32 0a 33 0a 34 0a 35 0a 36 0a 37 0a 38 0a |1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.| 0010: 39 |9| dir/foo: 0000: 66 6f 6f 0a |foo.| dir/l: 0000: 79 61 64 64 61 |yadda|