linux-fs-tagger (tag)

linux-fs-tagger is currently a very minimal (alpha) command-line tool for creating and managing tags for directories and files within any file system that supports extended attriubtes (xattrs). All major linux file systems offer support:

• Ext4
• Btrfs
• ZFS
• XFS This alpha offers very basic support for set, list, find, and remove.

I made this just to toy with having a simple tool for tagging files and directories on my own systems, so there is a good chance this will not receive a lot of support.

Installation

Install from github

Clone and install

git clone https://github.com/alteredoxide/linux-fs-tagger.git
cargo install --path ./linux-fs-tagger

Add to path: add the following line to your .bashrc or .zshrc

export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.cargo/bin

Usage

Add tags

Add one or more space separated tags to the current directory

tag set . my_tag1 my_tag2

Add one or more space separated tags to a specific file or directory

tag set ~/path/to/file.ext my_tag1 my_tag2
tag set ~/path/to/dir my_tag1 my_tag2

Remove tags

Remove one or more tags from a specific file or directory

tag rm ~/path/to/dir my_tag2

List tags

List all tags associated with a specific file or directory

tag ls ~/path/to/file.ext
// my_tag1
// my_tag2

Find paths with tags

Recursively find paths that match specified tags. NOTE: this project is not at all optimized, and there is currently no way to limit depth. That means this command could run for a long time if the file tree for your path is large.

tag find ~/some/path foo_tag bar_tag
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