Swiss File Knife - A Command Line Tools Collection
Download and run SFK for Windows, Linux and Mac OS/X
as described on the desktop site.
It will show this main help text:
SFK - The Swiss File Knife Multi Function Tool.
Release 1.9.9 Base/XD of Aug 15 2023.
StahlWorks Technologies, http://stahlworks.com/
Distributed for free under the BSD License, without any warranty.
type "sfk commandname" for help on any of the following.
some commands require to add "-help" for the help text.
file systemsfk list - list directory tree contents.
list latest, oldest or biggest files.
list directory differences.
list zip jar tar gz bz2 contents.
sfk olist - list office files in a folder,
like .docx .xlsx .ods .odt
sfk filefind - find files by filename
sfk treesize - show directory size statistics
sfk copy - copy directory trees additively
sfk sync - mirror tree content with deletion
sfk rename - flexible multi file rename
sfk partcopy - copy part from a file into another one
sfk mkdir - create directory tree
sfk delete - delete files and folders
sfk deltree - delete whole directory tree
sfk deblank - remove blanks in filenames
sfk space [-h] - tell total and free size of volume
sfk filetime - tell times of a file
sfk touch - change times of a file
sfk index - create index file(s) for fast lookup
sfk name - lookup file names using index files
sfk fixfile - change bad filenames and file times
sfk setbytes - set bytes at offset within a file
compressionsfk zip - create zip file from folder
sfk zipto - zip selected file list
sfk unzip - list or extract zip file
sfk checkzip - verify zip file content
conversionsfk oload - load office file content as text
sfk lf-to-crlf - convert from LF to CRLF line endings
sfk crlf-to-lf - convert from CRLF to LF line endings
sfk detab - convert TAB characters to spaces
sfk entab - convert groups of spaces to TAB chars
sfk scantab - list files containing TAB characters
sfk split - split large files into smaller ones
sfk join - join small files into a large one
sfk csvtotab - convert .csv data to tab separated
sfk tabtocsv - convert tab separated to .csv format
sfk encode - convert data to base64 or hex format
sfk decode - decode base64, hex or url format
sfk wtoa - convert wide chars to Ansi
sfk wtou - convert wide chars to UTF-8
sfk utoa - convert UTF-8 text to Ansi
sfk hexdump - create hexdump from a binary file
sfk hextobin - convert hex data to binary
sfk hex - convert decimal number(s) to hex
sfk dec - convert hex number(s) to decimal
sfk chars - print chars for a list of codes
sfk bin-to-src - convert binary to source code
sfk uuencode - encode binary files as plain text
text processingsfk filter - search, filter and replace text data
sfk ofilter - filter text from an office file
sfk replace - replace words in binary and text files
sfk xed - edit stream text using sfk expressions
sfk xex - extract from stream text using expressions
sfk xreplace - Plus/XE: replace in files using expressions
sfk run - run external command on all files of a folder
sfk runloop - run a command n times in a loop
sfk printloop - print some text many times
sfk load - load file content for further processing
sfk perline - run sfk command(s) per input text line
sfk head - print first lines of a file
sfk tail - print last lines of a file
sfk snapto - join many text files into one file
sfk addhead - insert string at start of text lines
sfk addtail - append string at end of text lines
sfk joinlines - join text lines split by email reformatting
sfk strings - extract strings from a binary file
sfk sort - sort text lines produced by another command
sfk count - count text lines, filter identical lines
sfk difflines - show text lines differing between files
sfk linelen - tell length of string(s)
search and comparesfk xfind - search in text files using
wildcards and simple expressions
sfk ofind - search in office files .docx .xlsx .ods
sfk xfindbin - search in text and binary files
sfk xhexfind - search with hexdump output
sfk extract - extract data from text and binary
sfk find - search static text, without wildcards
sfk hexfind - search static binary data
sfk md5gento - create list of md5 checksums over files
sfk md5check - verify list of md5 checksums over files
sfk md5 - calc md5 over a file, compare two files
sfk pathfind - search PATH for location of a command
sfk reflist - list fuzzy references between files
sfk deplist - list fuzzy dependencies between files
sfk dupfind - find duplicate files by content
networkingsfk httpserv - run an instant HTTP server.
type "sfk httpserv -help" for help.
sfk ftpserv - run an instant FTP server
type "sfk ftpserv -help" for help.
sfk ftp - instant FTP client
sfk web - send HTTP request to a server
sfk wget - download HTTP file from the web
sfk tcpdump - print TCP conversation between programs
sfk udpdump - print incoming UDP requests
sfk udpsend - send UDP requests
sfk webproxy - http proxy for traffic analysis
sfk help tcp - tcp toolkit to write test scripts
sfk ip - tell own machine's IP address(es).
type "sfk ip -help" for help.
sfk netlog - send text outputs to network,
and/or file, and/or terminal
sfk fromnet -h - receive and print network text
sfk ping - ping multiple machines in one go
sfk pingdiff - find ip of new devices
scriptingsfk help chain - how to combine multiple commands
sfk batch - run many sfk commands in a script file
sfk label - define starting points within a script
sfk call - call a sub function at a label
sfk echo - print (coloured) text to terminal
sfk color - change text color of terminal
sfk setvar - put text into an sfk variable
sfk storetext - store text in memory for later use
sfk alias - create command from other commands
sfk mkcd - create command to reenter directory
sfk sleep - delay execution for milliseconds
sfk pause - wait for user input
sfk stop - stop sfk script execution
sfk tee - split command output in two streams
sfk tofile - save command output to a file
sfk toterm - flush command output to terminal
sfk for - repeat commands many times
sfk loop - repeat execution of all commands
sfk cd - change directory within a script
sfk getcwd - print the current working directory
sfk require - compare version text
sfk time [-h] - print current date and time
developmentsfk bin-to-src - convert binary data to source code
sfk make-random-file - create file with random data
sfk fuzz - change file at random, for testing
sfk sample - print example code for programming
sfk patch - change text files through a script
sfk inst - instrument c++ with tracing calls
diversesfk view - show text output in a GUI tool,
for interactive browse and filter
sfk status - send colored status to the SFKTray
Windows GUI utility for display
sfk calc - do a simple instant calculation
sfk random - create a random number
sfk prompt - ask for user input
sfk number - print number in diverse formats
sfk xmlform - reformat xml for easy viewing
sfk jsonform - reformat json for easy viewing
sfk video - how to edit video files
sfk toclip - copy command output to clipboard
sfk fromclip - read text from clipboard
sfk env - search environment variables
sfk version - show version of a binary file
sfk ascii - list Ansi codepage characters
sfk ascii -dos - list OEM codepage characters
sfk spell - phonetic spelling for telephone
sfk cmd - print an example command
sfk ruler - measure console text width
sfk license - print the SFK license text
sfk update - check for SFK updates
help by subjectsfk help office - how to search in office files
sfk help select - how dirs and files are selected in sfk
sfk help options - general options reference
sfk help patterns - wildcards and text patterns within sfk
sfk help chain - how to combine (chain) multiple commands
sfk help var - how to use sfk variables and parameters
sfk samp - example scripts on sfk use and for
http web access automation
sfk help shell - how to optimize the windows command prompt
sfk help chars - about locale specific characters
sfk help nocase - about case insensitive search
sfk help unicode - about unicode file reading support
sfk help colors - how to change result colors
sfk help compile - how to compile sfk on any linux system
sfk currently uses these environment variables:
SFK_COLORS=head:4,examp:4,file:1,hit:4,rep:6
SFK_OWN_NET=192.168.178first time user?
type "sfk basic" for very basic informations about
how to select files, general options, shell preparation,
complex <>|!&?* character issues and color setup.
to search ALL help text for a topic:
type "sfk ask word1" to search all for word1.
type "sfk ask w1 w2" to search all for w1 and w2.
type "sfk dumphelp" to print ALL help text.
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