tagf

tagf - tag files and directories

Synopsis

tagf TAG[ TAG2]... FILE[ FILE2]...
tagf grep [OPTIONS...] TAG[ TAG2]...

Description

tagf is a simple tool that enables associating tags with arbitrary files and directories. It also enables searching those tags.

Tags are stored in plain text files, one tag per line. The name of the tags file is identical to that of the the tagged file, but in a directory named ~/.file-tags. For example, the tag file for /home/user/music/song.mp3 will be /home/user/.file-tags/home/user/music/song.mp3. Directories are similar: the tag file for /home/user/music will be /home/user/.file-tags/home/user/music:tags.

Dependencies

• ruby
• grep
• xargs

Installation

0. Clone the repository: https://github.com/rmavis/tagf.
1. Move the executable tagf (or make a symlink to it) somewhere in your $PATH.
2. Ensure the executable is executable (chmod it 744, etc).
3. There is no step 3.

Usage

To add tags to files, the pattern is:

$ tagf TAG[ TAG2]... FILE[ FILE2]...

Tags must be specified before files. All tags will be applied to all files following the cascade of their appearance. So this:

$ tagf ok file1 great file2

will tag file1 with "ok" and file2 with "ok" and "great".

By default, the given tags will be added to the given files. Tags will not be duplicated. To make the addition explicit, you can prefix tags with a +.

To remove a tag, prefix it with a -, like so:

$ tagf -great file2

Thus, tagf has only two operations: adding and removing tags, and searching those tags. The form for searching is:

$ tagf grep TAG[ TAG2]...

This will print paths of matching files to stdout, with the tag tree root (/home/user/.file-tags) removed, like so:

$ tagf grep ok 
/home/user/path/to/file1
/home/user/path/to/file2

Searches will be case-insensitive but must match the full tag text---"o" will not match "ok", but "OK" will. If more than one tag is given, only files containing every tag will match.

Examples

Tag all your email from your mom "email" and "mom":

$ grep -rl "Love, Mom" ~/mail | tagf email mom

Search for those files:

$ tagf grep mom email

Make a playlist of good music:

$ tagf good music ~/music/band/album/*mp3
$ tagf grep good music | sort > good-playlist.m3u

Look at some art:

$ tagf art ~/pictures/*okeefe* ~/pictures/*kandinsky*
$ tagf grep art | sxiv -