File CLI

CLI tool to do basic file operations in a cross-platform way. Uses fs-extra under the hood.

Install

Install globally:

npm i -g file-cli

Or install into your project's dev-dependencies to use in your scripts:

npm i -D file-cli

Commands

The CLI can be used as fcli, which is a little shorter than file-cli.

Run fcli --help to view a list of commands in your terminal.

Read

fcli read <path>

Reads a file and prints it to stdout

Write

fcli write <path> <data>

Writes data to a file

Ensure

fcli ensure <path> [-f]

Ensures a file or directory exists.

• -f, --file: path is a file

Copy

fcli copy <from> <to> [-o]

Copies a file or the contents of a directory (unix equivalent: cp -r)

• -o, --overwrite: overwrite target file if it already exists

Move

fcli move <from> <to> [-o]

Moves or renames a file (unix equivalent: mv)

• -o, --overwrite: overwrite target file if it already exists

Remove

fcli remove <path>

Removes a file or directory (unix equivalent: rm -rf)