Advanced File Management

Advanced File Management Skill

This skill provides tools for desktop file management:

1. Folder creation: Create multiple folders under a target directory
2. Move files: Move multiple files to a target directory
3. List all files: Recursively list all files under a directory
4. Extract authors: Extract authors from HTML papers

Important Notes

• Do not use other bash commands: Do not attempt to use general bash commands or shell operations like cat, ls.
• Use relative paths: Use paths relative to the working directory (e.g., ./folder/file.txt or folder/file.txt).
• Do not create scripts: Do not use write_file to create any scripts.

I. Skills

1. Create Multiple Folders

Creates multiple folders under a target directory.

Features

• Creates multiple folders with specified names
• Supports any number of folder names as arguments

Example

# Create 3 folders
python create_folders.py . folder1 folder2 folder3

# Create folders with specific names
python create_folders.py ./projects experiments learning personal

2. Move Multiple Files

Move multiple files to a target directory in a single operation.

Features

• Move multiple files at once
• Supports files from different directories
• Reports success and failure for each file

Example

# Move 3 files to archive folder
python move_files.py ./archive file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt

# Move files from different directories
python move_files.py ./backup ./data/log1.txt ./data/log2.txt ./temp/cache.dat

3. List All Files

Recursively list all files under a given directory path. Useful for quickly understanding project directory structure.

Features

• Recursively traverse all subdirectories
• Option to exclude hidden files (like .DS_Store)
• Output one file path per line, including both path and filename (relative to input directory)

Example

# List all files (excluding hidden)
python list_all_files.py .

# Include hidden files
python list_all_files.py ./data --include-hidden

4. Extract Authors

Extract authors from all HTML papers in a directory using <meta name="citation_author"> tags.

Features

• Automatically scan all HTML files in directory
• Extract author names from citation_author meta tags
• Support multiple authors per paper
• Returns list of dicts with filename and authors

Example

# Extract and print authors from all HTML files
python extract_authors.py ./papers

# Save to file
python extract_authors.py ./papers --output authors.txt

II. Basic Tools (FileSystemTools)

Below are the basic tool functions. These are atomic operations for flexible combination.

Prefer Skills over Basic Tools: When a task matches one of the Skills above (e.g., creating multiple folders), use the corresponding Skill instead of Basic Tools. Skills are more efficient because they can perform batch operations in a single call.

Prefer List All Files over list_directory/list_files: When you need to list files in a directory, prefer using the list_all_files.py skill instead of list_directory or list_files basic tools. The skill provides recursive listing with better output formatting.

Note: Code should be written without line breaks.

How to Run

# Standard format
python run_fs_ops.py -c "await fs.read_text_file('./file.txt')"

File Reading Tools

read_text_file(path, head=None, tail=None)

Use Cases:

• Read complete file contents
• Read first N lines (head) or last N lines (tail)

Example:

python run_fs_ops.py -c "await fs.read_text_file('./data/file.txt')"

read_multiple_files(paths)

Use Cases:

• Read multiple files simultaneously
• Use when reading a large number of files (e.g., multiple paper html pages)

Example:

python run_fs_ops.py -c "await fs.read_multiple_files(['./a.txt', './b.txt'])"

File Writing Tools

write_file(path, content)

Use Cases:

• Create new files
• Overwrite existing files

⚠️ Warning: Do NOT include triple backticks (```) in the content, as this will break command parsing. Example:

python run_fs_ops.py -c "await fs.write_file('./new.txt', 'Hello World')"

edit_file(path, edits)

Use Cases:

• Make line-based edits to existing files

Example:

python run_fs_ops.py -c "await fs.edit_file('./file.txt', [{'oldText': 'foo', 'newText': 'bar'}])"

Directory Tools

create_directory(path)

Use Cases:

• Create new directories (supports recursive creation)

Example:

python run_fs_ops.py -c "await fs.create_directory('./new/nested/dir')"

list_directory(path)

Use Cases:

• List all files and directories in a path

Example:

python run_fs_ops.py -c "await fs.list_directory('.')"

list_files(path=None, exclude_hidden=True)

Use Cases:

• List only files in a directory

Example:

python run_fs_ops.py -c "await fs.list_files('./data')"

File Operations

move_file(source, destination)

Use Cases:

• Move or rename files/directories

Example:

python run_fs_ops.py -c "await fs.move_file('./old.txt', './new.txt')"

search_files(pattern, base_path=None)

Use Cases:

• Search for files matching a glob pattern

Example:

python run_fs_ops.py -c "await fs.search_files('*.txt')"

File Information

get_file_info(path)

Use Cases:

• Get detailed metadata (size, created, modified, etc.)

Example:

python run_fs_ops.py -c "await fs.get_file_info('./file.txt')"

get_file_size(path)

Use Cases:

• Get file size in bytes

Example:

python run_fs_ops.py -c "await fs.get_file_size('./file.txt')"

get_file_ctime(path) / get_file_mtime(path)

Use Cases:

• Get file creation/modification time

Example:

python run_fs_ops.py -c "await fs.get_file_mtime('./file.txt')"

get_files_info_batch(filenames, base_path=None)

Use Cases:

• Get file information for multiple files in parallel

Example:

python run_fs_ops.py -c "await fs.get_files_info_batch(['a.txt', 'b.txt'], './data')"

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