pygnutools is an implementation of the GNU tools in pure Python.
So far the only implemented tool is find tool. Not even all find primaries are implemented yet.
Unlike the GNU find tool, this implementation allows plugins to be easily added. The plugin architecture uses setuptools entry points.
See exivfind as an example that provides pyfind with EXIF primaries.
for example with installing exivfind you could do:
pyfind ~/Pictures -iname \*.jpg -imake canon -print ', ' -print-tag 'model'
The command above will look through your pictures directory for all files matching *.jpg and are taking by a canon camera, then will print the file name followed by a comma and space ', ' and print the model of the camera. Neat!
Options prefixed with i denote case insensitivity.
Unlike GNU find, -print takes an optional single argument that is used as
a suffix after the filepath.
This tools is not and will not be fully compatable with GNU find. For example
GNU find inserts the -print implictly for you, where this tool won't.
The reason for this is GNU find is oriented around filenames, a test match will
give you back the file name that you after, where as this tool can do a lot
more than that, such as print something from the context object that was
populated by one of the primaries.
If you're interested in printing the file names you could always do that by
explicitly provide the -print primary. I can argue we are honoring the zen
of python that explicit is better than implcit.
Clone:
git clone https://github.com/meitham/pygnutools
Install:
cd pygnutools && python setup.py install
Run Examples:
pyfind . -name \*.pyc -print
pyfind some_path -iname \*.png -exec rm \{} \;
See LICENCE file