# count-files
A simple command line tool to count files by extension.
## How to use
Open a terminal and run:
```bash
count-files /path/to/target_dir
```
Output sample:
```bash
Done in 7 seconds.
+-----------+---------+------------+
| jpg | 1322497 | 112.48GiB |
|-----------+---------+------------|
| txt | 372302 | 97.68MiB |
|-----------+---------+------------|
| JPG | 147 | 26.04MiB |
|-----------+---------+------------|
| bmp | 130 | 714.12MiB |
|-----------+---------+------------|
| tar | 9 | 114.88GiB |
+-----------+---------+------------+
```
## Installation
If you have Rust installed, then use cargo:
```bash
cargo install count-files
```
Or, you can build it manually following the next section, then copy the executable file into the `$PATH` directory.
```bash
# Install for all users on Ubuntu.
sudo cp target/release/count-files /usr/local/bin
```
## Building
count-files is written in Rust, you need to [install Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install) to compile it.
To build:
```bash
git clone https://github.com/yinguobing/count-files.git
cd count-files
cargo build --release
```
The executable file `count-files` could be found in `target/release` directory.