Refs

A small and simple way to search folders for files using regular expressions.

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Features

• Recursively scans files inside a folder
• Uses regular expressions to search filenames
• Displays every file while scanning
• Displays all matching files
• Saves scanned file paths to an output file
• Custom output file path
• Custom target folder
• Displays scan time
• Displays the number of matches found
• Handles invalid regular expressions
• Handles keyboard interrupts
• No external Python dependencies

Usage

Run:

python Refs.py --folder "C:\Users\Desktop\test"

Refs will ask for a regular expression:

Enter a valid regular expression pattern:

For example:

^.*\.py$

Refs will recursively scan the selected folder and display every file it encounters.

Matching files will be displayed as:

Match: C:\Users\Desktop\test\example.py

Non-matching files will be displayed as:

Scanning: C:\Users\Desktop\test\example.txt

Arguments

--folder

Specifies the folder to scan.

Example:

python Refs.py --folder "C:\Users\Desktop\test"

--output

Specifies the folder where output file containing scanned file paths will be saved.

Example:

python Refs.py --folder "C:\Users\Desktop\test" --output "C:\Users\Desktop\"

By default, the output file is:

output.txt

in the current working directory.

--help

Displays the Refs help message.

Examples

Search for Python files:

python Refs.py --folder "C:\" --output "C:\Users\Desktop"

Then enter:

^.*\.py$

Search for every file:

.*

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• No external Python dependencies

Downloads

Only the Python script is available.

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