wii

What's In It? - Measure disk usage by filtering specific file type(s) only

I wanted to know how many songs do I have per album and in total (recursively). I found it ridiculously complicated to get such trivial information with existing tools, so I made this wrapper script with awk and find. Now all I have to do is to type: wii -a and I get a full statistics of everything I need. The option -a automatically filters all common audio file types for me. The script could be used for several other sets of common file types as well. Hope someone will find it useful.

Common usecases:

How many multimedia files (audio, video, image) do you have within the current dir recursively (total number AND disk usage)?

$ wii -avi

You work on a project and decide to optimize all the images in your dir automatically (the dir tree is usually stacked with dozens of different file types and those images are placed in multiple locations). Before you start altering your project images, you'd like to measure them so you could compare the efficiency of your optimization after you're done:

$ wii -i
<rewriting your original images with optimized ones>
$ wii -i
<compare your before and after results>

How many python scripts do you have in the current dir and how much space do they occupy?

$ wii -x "py"

How much all the log, tmp and ~ files modified within the last week occupy your disk?

$ wii -c "\( -type f -mtime -7 -iname '*log*' -printf 'wii' \) -o \( -type f -mtime -7 -iname '*.tmp' -printf 'wii' \) -o \( -type f -mtime -7 -iname '*~' -printf 'wii' \)"

Summary:

The script prints a short summary of specific content types recursively by listing corresponding disk usage per each directory. The script will print results grouped by extensions or by actual file names - ordered by size in reverse order. If you run the script without any arguments and if many directories are found, the output will be truncated to top 20 largest directories (by default), but this could be overriden easily by setting the appropriate parameters.

This project may be used as a demonstration for du project as a usecase for a new --include parameter. Users would be able to measure disk usage of specific file types, which is currently not supported.

Usage:

wii [-h]                             # help
    [-a|d|e|f|i|p|r|v]               # mode 1: predefined extensions
    [-x "<custom extension(s)>"]     # mode 2: custom extensions
    [-c "<argument(s) for `find`>"]  # mode 3: advanced mode
    [-C|D|F|G|M|S|T <integer value>]   # altering defaults

wii has 3 different modes of operation which should be used independently: We use the optional -F2 -D3 -T3 flags just for purposes of the demo below (to make results entirely visible on screen).
F - max. files displayed under each dir (default: 10)
D - top X dirs with highest amount of disk usage (default: 20)
T - max. items in total at the bottom (default: 30)

These options override the defaults: -F10 -D20 -T30.
F=Files, D=Directories, T=Total files in a summary. See Altering defaults.

Demo:

1) Predefined extensions:

$ wii -av

-a: audio (mp3 flac m4a mpa aif ogg wav wma dsd dsf dff)
-d: document (doc docx xls xlsx rtf ppt pptx pps pdf csv mdb ods odp odt txt)
-e: ebook (epub mobi azw azw3 iba pdf lrs lrf lrx fb2 djvu lit rft)
-f: font (ttf otf fon fnt)
-i: image (jpg jpeg png gif bmp tif tiff svg ai webp)
-p: coding (php py c cs cpp css htm html java js theme module inc pl sh)
-r: archive (7z rar zip arj deb tar gz z iso)
-v: video (mp4 mov mpg mpeg mkv m4v avi 3gp 3g2 h264 wmv vob)
You may combine the flags e.g. wii -ie, for listing all image and ebook files.

2) Custom extensions:

$ wii -x "bkp log tmp dmp py~"

In case you don't find predefined extensions fit for the job, you could manually enter as many keywords as you like, using a whitespace as a delimiter.
Note: you should avoid using commas, or leading dots in front of each extension.

3) Advanced mode:

$ wii -c "-type f -iname '*.txt'"
$ wii -c "-type f -mtime -7 -size +2M -name '*log*'"
$ wii -c "\( -type f -iname '*.pdf' -printf 'wii' \) -o \( -type f -iname '*.doc*' -printf 'wii' \)"

Important: Parameter of the -c flag will be passed to find with a few modifications:
in multiple conditions as per above example, you should use -printf 'wii' for each multi-condition.
The parameter for -c flag should contain almost everything that you would normally put into <arguments> as per find <path> <arguments>. However, it's crucial to know that wii requires an exact format of an output from find. At first, it will try to replace automatically all existing occurrences of -printf 'something' with the appropriate format. Then it will search for all printf and if it doesn't find any, wii will append the required -printf to the very end of the parameter.

find - check the syntax of find and apply the important notes from above accordingly

In case you accidentally mix the 3 modes of operation from above, wii will follow the order below and always favor the highest priority only:

• HIGH: Advanced mode
• MEDIUM: Custom extensions
• LOW: Predefined extensions

Altering defaults (optional):

$ wii -C 0 -D 10 -F 0 -T 5 -S 0 -avd

-C: integer: 0 = no colors, 1 = use colors, default: 1
-G: integer: 0 = group by filenames, 1 = group by extensions, default: 1
-F: integer: maximum number of largest items listed per each directory, default: 10
-M: integer: maxdepth value (0=unlimited depth, 1=current dir only) , default: 0
-D: integer: maximum number of directories listed, default: 20
-T: integer: maximum number of largest items listed in total summary, default: 30
-S: integer: 0 = don't use a spinner, 1 = use spinner, default: 1

Advanced Examples

$ wii -x "jpg png mp4" -M 1

Common example when you need to lock your query to the current directory only (-maxdepth=1).

$ wii -c "\( -type f -iname '*.tmp' -printf 'wii' \) -o \( -type f -iname '*~' -printf 'wii' \)" -G 1 -D 5 -F 1 -T 3
[592.5KB] Documents/Bookstore/temp/shared/common/includes/sys
        1 tmp
[ 64.5KB] Documents/Books/Python Workout/code/chapter 10
       17 py~
[ 56.5KB] Documents/Books/Python Workout/code/chapter 09
       14 py~
[ 56.5KB] Documents/Books/Python Workout/code/chapter 07
       14 py~
[ 40.5KB] .gnupg
        1 kbx~
———————————————
[996.5KB] total
       96 py~
        1 tmp
        1 kbx~

-G 1: group results by extensions
-D 5: list max. 5 largest directories
-F 1: list max. 1 largest files (by extensions) per each directory
-T 3: list max. 3 largest accumulated file sizes (by extensions) in total summary

$ wii -C 0 -G 1 -D 0 -F 0 -T 5 -S 0 -avd
———————————————
[36.43GB] total
     4672 txt
      512 mp4
      354 pdf
      333 mp3
      138 csv

-C 0: don't use colors for output
-G 1: group results by extensions
-D 0: don't list directories
-F 0: don't list files (by extensions) per each directory
-T 5: list max. 5 largest accumulated file sizes (by extensions) in total summary
-S 0: don't use spinner
-avd: list all audio, video and document files

$ wii -C 0 -G 0 -D 0 -F 0 -T 5 -S 0 -avd
———————————————
[36.43GB] total
  1.542GB project_yachts_intro.m4v (1)
  476.4MB 20190527_120808.mp4 (1)
  465.2MB 20200322_101232.mp4 (2)
    322MB 20200101_000948.mp4 (2)
  310.6MB 20200701_164008.mp4 (1)

Similar as per previous example, only one parameter has been changed:
-G 0: group results by filenames
We may notice there are multiple files found within the structure that use the same filename.

$ wii -D 5 -F 3 -T 4 -c "-type f -mtime -7 -iname '*log*'"
[12.89MB] .config/chromium/Profile 1/Local Extension Settings/gighmnpiopklfepjosnamgckbiglidom
  12.88MB 041367.log
    8.5KB LOG
    4.5KB LOG.old
[4.984MB] .local/share/TelegramDesktop/tdata/user_data/cache/0
  4.984MB binlog
[ 3.25MB] .config/Rambox/Partitions/whatsapp_1/IndexedDB/https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb
  3.238MB 013778.log
    8.5KB LOG
    4.5KB LOG.old
[2.898MB] .config/chromium/Profile 1/Local Extension Settings/ghbmnmjobekpmoecnmnilmnbdlolhkhi
  2.891MB 000007.log
    4.5KB LOG.old
    4.5KB LOG
[2.684MB] .config/chromium/Profile 1/Extension State
  2.676MB 007638.log
    4.5KB LOG.old
    4.5KB LOG
———————————————
[34.62MB] total
  12.88MB 041367.log (1)
  6.941MB 000007.log (24)
  5.164MB binlog (2)
  3.238MB 016779.log (1)

-D 5: list max. 5 largest directories
-F 3: don't list files (by extensions) per each directory
-T 4: list max. 4 largest accumulated files (by filenames) in total summary
-c: custom arguments for find: list all files that are at least 7 days old and contain log in their names
Note '-G 0' was not set explicitly, but it will be the default for advanced mode of operation (-c), unless we set it to '-G 1'.

Dependencies:

gawk - you need to have it installed prior proceeding with installation of wii

IMPORTANT: The script does not use POSIX find, but GNU find!

Installation:

1. Clone with GIT

$ mkdir "$HOME"/utils
$ cd "$HOME"/utils
$ git clone https://github.com/jazz-it/wii.git

If successful, skip the next step and continue with step 3.

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2. Download ZIP

$ mkdir "$HOME"/utils
$ cd "$HOME"/utils
$ wget https://github.com/jazz-it/wii/archive/master.zip -O wii.zip
$ unzip wii.zip
$ mv -i wii-master wii
$ rm wii.zip

Continue with step 3.

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3. Integration with shell

$ OK="Installation complete!"; NOZSH="You don't use zsh. Try with the next command."; NOBASH="You don't use bash either. Please update your \$PATH manually."
$ chmod 755 "$HOME"/utils/wii/wii "$HOME"/utils/wii/inc/spinner.sh
$ [ "$SHELL" = *"zsh" ] && echo "[ -d \"\$HOME\"/utils/wii ] && export PATH=\"\$HOME/utils/wii:\$PATH\"" >> "$HOME"/.zshrc && echo "$OK" && source "$HOME"/.zshrc || echo "$NOZSH"
$ [ "$SHELL" = *"bash" ] && echo "[ -d \"\$HOME\"/utils/wii ] && PATH=\"\$HOME/utils/wii:\$PATH\"" >> "$HOME"/.bashrc && echo "$OK" && source "$HOME"/.bashrc || echo "$NOBASH"

If one of the last two commands returned "Installation complete!" then you have successfully installed the script and you may start using it. Try: cd && wii

4. Installation on MacOS

The -printf option is not in POSIX find. It is a feature of GNU find, e.g., on Linux. See here for additional help on how to install GNU find on MacOS: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39903571/gnu-find-on-macos

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Be up-to-date with the newest version

$ cd "$HOME"/utils/wii && git pull origin master
$ [ "$SHELL" = *"zsh" ] && echo "$OK" && source "$HOME"/.zshrc
$ [ "$SHELL" = *"bash" ] && echo "$OK" && source "$HOME"/.bashrc

How do I uninstall wii?

$ rm -rf "$HOME"/utils/wii
$ [ "$(ls -A "$HOME"/utils 2> /dev/null)" == "" ] && rm -rf "$HOME"/utils || echo "Directory ~/utils is not empty."
$ [ "$SHELL" = *"zsh" ] && nano "$HOME"/.zshrc
$ [ "$SHELL" = *"bash" ] && nano "$HOME"/.bashrc

Go to the bottom of the file and delete the entire line that contains "PATH="$HOME/utils/wii:$PATH"