COMMAND LINE FILE EXPLORER

show all files in a directory, create a file/directory, delete a file/directory, rename a file/directory, copy a file/directory, move a file/directory using java command line arguments and basic terminal commands

• Ref: https://www.codejava.net/file-io-tutorials

Summary

HOW TO USE

 download fe.java file

 javac fe.java 

 java fe help 

USER MANUAL

    [COMMAND LINE FILE EXPLORER]

• create : java fe create [target] or java fe create [target] [file_name]

• delete : java fe delete [target] [file_name] or java fe delete [file_name]

• explore : java fe explore[target_directory_address] or java fe explore [directory_name]

• copy : java fe copy [source_file_name] [target_directoy] or java fe copy [source_directory] [target_directory]

• move : java fe move [source directory] [target_directory] or java fe move [source_file_name] [target_directory]

• rename : java fe rename [target_directory/target_file_name] [renamed_name]

How To Use

Intialize or Start

• Download

  fe.java N.B. all the others files here are for better doucmentations and understandings

  or copy everything from fe.java and save it as fe.java

• Compile it using

  javac fe.java

Run File Explorer

create

✔️ create direcotry or file using java command line args , if we provide a args[1] string like file_name.extension then it will create a file with and if we provide a args[1] string without extension then it will create a directory/folder

• File :

  java fe create [file_name.file_extension]

• Directory :

  java fe create [directory_name]

explore

✔️ explore directory or file using java command line args, if we provide nothing it will just explore the current directory and if we provide a valid directory then it will explore that directory level by level

• Explore Current Directory :

   java fe explore 

• Explore Target Directory :

   java fe explore [target_direcotry] 

delete

✔️ delete directory or file using java command line args, if we provide a args[1] string with the directory name/file_name or target_directory_with_file_name or two args[1] args[2] strings like target_directory and file_name we can delete the directory or file from our system ⚠️

• Delete a Directory/File :

   java fe delete [target_directory/target_file]
  or java fe delete [target_address] [target_directory/target_file]

copy

✔️ copy a dierctory or file using java command line args to another directory, if we provide two args string args[1] as source_file or source_directory and args[2] target_directory we can do that

• Copy a File/Directoy to another Directory :

   java fe copy [source_file/source_directory] [target_directory]

  

move

✔️ move a directory or file using java command line args to another directory, if we provide two args args string args[1] as source_file or source_directory and args[2] target_directory we can do that (almost copy!)

• Move a File/Directory to another Directory :

   java fe move [source_file/source_directory] [target_directory]

rename

✔️ rename a directory or file using java command line args, if we provide two args string args[1] as source_file or source_directory and args[2] as new name for renaming that file or directory we can do that

• Rename a File/Directory :

   java fe rename [source_file/source_directory] [new_name]

help

✔️ for any kind of explorer help

• Help :

   java fe help