Easy symlinks to the n latest files in a directory.
This is an tool that maintains symlinks to the n most recently modified files in a given directory.
pip install nlatest-files
usage: nlf [-h] [-c FILE] [--save] -d DIR [-n COUNT] [-u] [-s DIR] [-f FORMAT] [-q] Args that start with '--' (eg. --save) can also be set in a config file (/home/user/.config/nlatest-files.conf or specified via -c). Config file syntax allows: key=value, flag=true, stuff=[a,b,c] (for details, see syntax at https://goo.gl/R74nmi). If an arg is specified in more than one place, then commandline values override config file values which override defaults. optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -c FILE, --config FILE config file location, defaults to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nlatest-files.conf --save if specified, saves the current configuration to the config file -d DIR, --dir DIR the source directory -n COUNT, --count COUNT the latest n files to list, defaults to 1 -u, --update-symlinks create symlinks to the latest n files -s DIR, --symlink-dir DIR the directory to create symlinks in, defaults to the source directory -f FORMAT, --symlink-format FORMAT the format string for symlinks, where {n} is the order index, defaults to 'latest-{n}'. {n} must be included, unless n = 1 -q, --quiet if specified, no status messages will be printed to stderr
nlf -d ~/invoices -n 5 Prints the latest 5 files in ~/invoices nlf -d ~/invoices -n 5 --save Saves the given parameters to the default config file nlf -d ~/invoices -n 5 -c ~/dotfiles/myconfig.conf --save Saves the given parameters to the specified config file nlf Prints the latest 5 again, using from the config file nlf -u -s $HOME/screenshots -f "screeny-{n}" -n 3 Creates symlinks to the top 3 latest screenshots in ~/screenshots scrot -e 'mv -u $f ~/screenshots/ && nlf -u -d ~/screenshots -n 1 -f "latest"' Takes a screenshot with scrot, moves it to ~/screenshots, then adds a `symlink ~/screenshots/latest` pointing to it
- [ ] preserve file extension
- [ ] file extension specifier
- [ ] multiple source directories
- [ ] recursive search