Tests of the file helper tool

  $ f -h

  ?sage: f [options] [filenames] (glob)

  ?ptions: (glob)

    -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:

#if symlink

  $ f foo --mode

  foo: mode=644

#endif

  $ python $TESTDIR/seq.py 10 > bar

#if unix-permissions symlink

  $ 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

#endif

#if unix-permissions

  $ 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.|

  $ rm baz

#endif

#if unix-permissions symlink

  $ ln -s yadda l

  $ f . --recurse -MStmsB4

  .: directory with 3 files, mode=755

  ./bar: file, size=21, mode=755, md5=3b03, sha1=612c

  ./foo: file, size=4, mode=644, md5=d3b0, sha1=f1d2

  ./l: link, size=5, md5=2faa, sha1=af93

#endif

  $ f --quiet bar -DL 3

  1

  2

  3

  $ cd ..

Yadda is a symlink

#if symlink

  $ f -qr dir -HB 17

  dir: directory with 3 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/foo:

  0000: 66 6f 6f 0a                                     |foo.|

  dir/l:

  0000: 79 61 64 64 61                                  |yadda|

#else

  $ f -qr dir -HB 17

  dir: directory with 2 files (esc)

  dir/bar: (glob)

  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: (glob)

  0000: 66 6f 6f 0a                                     |foo.|

#endif