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105 lines
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fif
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[](https://crates.io/crates/fif)
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[](https://git.bune.city/lynnesbian/fif/src/branch/master/LICENSE)
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[](https://drone.bune.city/lynnesbian/fif)
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[](https://github.com/rust-secure-code/safety-dance/)
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A command-line tool for detecting and optionally correcting files with incorrect extensions.
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fif recursively scans the given directory and outputs a shell script to fix the name of any files with incorrect
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extensions. By default, fif will scan all non-hidden files in the given directory, and will ignore symlinks.
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As fif prints a shell script to stdout rather than acting on the files directly, you may wish to redirect its output to
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a file, e.g. `fif ~/Documents > output.sh`. You can also pipe the output directly into your shell, e.g.
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`fif ~/Documents | bash`, although this is not recommended - you should look over fif's output and verify for yourself
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that it's not doing anything that will give you a headache before running it.
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## Installation
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### Cargo
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```bash
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cargo install --locked fif
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```
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To update, simply re-run this command, or use a tool like
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[cargo-update](https://github.com/nabijaczleweli/cargo-update).
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#### Other backends
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`fif` supports using [`infer`](https://crates.io/crates/infer) or [`xdg-mime`](https://crates.io/crates/xdg-mime) as its
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backend for looking up file types. By default, xdg-mime will be used on
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[*nix systems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix-like) (Linux, macOS, *BSD, etc.), and infer on all other systems.
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`xdg-mime` should work on any *nix system with [libmagic/file(1)](https://www.darwinsys.com/file/) installed, although
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I've only tested it on Linux and FreeBSD. `infer` should work on any system.
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You can override the default backend for your system at compile time like so:
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```bash
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# xdg-mime
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cargo install fif --features=xdg-mime-backend
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# infer
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cargo install fif --features=infer-backend
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```
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Of the supported backends, `xdg-mime` by far supports the most file types, as it uses the excellent [Shared MIME
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Info](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/shared-mime-info/) database, whereas `infer` uses its own baked-in database.
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However, `infer` is also faster to load, if only by a few dozen milliseconds, and has no external dependencies.
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#### Multithreading
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It is also possible to disable multithreading by installing without default features:
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```bash
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cargo install fif --no-default-features
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```
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## Usage
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See `fif --help` for more.
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### Logging
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By default, fif will log any warnings and/or errors encountered during execution. The verbosity of the logging can be
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modified by the `RUST_LOG` to one of: `trace`, `debug`, `info`, `warn`, `error`.
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For example:
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```bash
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RUST_LOG=debug fif ~/Downloads
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```
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### The basics
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The simplest way to use fif looks like this:
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```bash
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fif ~/Downloads
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```
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This command will scan all non-hidden files in your `~/Downloads` directory.
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You can also manually specify a set of extensions to use:
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```bash
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fif -e jpeg,jpg,zip,docx ~/Documents
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```
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Or a set of extensions - for example, to scan files with image extensions (jpg, png, gif, bmp...):
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```bash
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fif -E images ~/Pictures
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```
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For more information, see [the man page](https://git.bune.city/lynnesbian/fif/src/branch/master/doc/fif.1.txt)
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### Output
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By default, fif will output a bash script (or PowerShell script on Windows) that can be used to fix all the files it
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found with incorrect file extensions.
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You might find it useful to output this script to a file (rather than to stdout):
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```bash
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fif -E images ~/Pictures > output.sh
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```
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You can also manually specify an output format to use:
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```bash
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fif -O powershell ~/Documents > output.ps1
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```
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