File Information Utility

Overview

• 📊 The File Information Utility is a powerful command-line tool written in C that provides:
• 🔍 Detailed information about files
• 📊 Comprehensive analysis of various file types
• 📋 Data presentation in an easy-to-read format

🚀 Whether you're a developer, system administrator, or power user, this tool streamlines the process of gathering and visualizing file metadata, making your workflow more efficient and informative.

Features

• 📊 Basic file information (size, permissions, last modified date)
• 🔠 MIME type detection
• 📝 Text file analysis (line, word, and character count)
• 🖼️ Image file information (dimensions, color space)
• 🎥 Video file duration
• 📄 PDF document details
• 📦 Archive file information (file count, total uncompressed size)

Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

• Linux
• Unix-like systems

System Dependencies

• libmagic
• ImageMagick (for image analysis)
• FFmpeg (for video analysis)
• Poppler (for PDF analysis)
• p7zip (for archive analysis)

Installation

Building from Source

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/yellow-footed-honeyguide/inf.git
cd inf
mkdir build
cd build
meson ..
ninja

or install utility system-wide:

sudo ninja install

Usage

inf [OPTIONS] <file_path>

Options

• -h, --help : Show help message and exit
• -v, --version: Show program's version number and exit

Examples

1. Analyze a text file: inf ./docs/document.txt
2. Get information about a video file: inf video.mp4
3. Analyze a PDF document: inf document.pdf

Contributing

Contributions to the File Information Utility are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Author

Sergey Veneckiy

• Email: s.venetsky@gmail.com
• GitHub: @yellow-footed-honeyguide

Acknowledgments

• This project uses various open-source libraries and tools, including libmagic, ImageMagick, FFmpeg, Poppler, and p7zip.