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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

Acknowledgments

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