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SynoCli File Tools

SynoCli File Tools provides essential file related utilities for the command line.

Package Information

Property Value
Package Name synocli-file
License Various (see below)

Included Tools

General Tools

Tool Description License
detox Detox is a utility designed to clean up filenames. It replaces difficult to work with characters, such as spaces, with standard equivalents. It will also clean up filenames with UTF-8 or Latin-1 (or CP-1252) characters in them. BSD
dos2unix Convert text files with DOS or Mac line breaks to Unix line breaks and vice versa. (dos2unix, unix2dos, mac2unix, unix2mac) FreeBSD style
fdupes FDUPES is a program for identifying or deleting duplicate files residing within specified directories. MIT
file The file command is "a file type guesser", that is, a command-line tool that tells you in words what kind of data a file contains. Unlike most GUI systems, command-line UNIX systems - with this program leading the charge - don't rely on filename extensions to tell you the type of a file, but look at the file's actual contents. This is, of course, more reliable, but requires a bit of I/O. simplified 2-Clause BSD
fzf A command-line fuzzy finder. It's an interactive Unix filter for command-line that can be used with any list; files, command history, processes, hostnames, bookmarks, git commits, etc. MIT
iconv Convert encoding of given files from one encoding to another. GPL
jdupes A powerful duplicate file finder and an enhanced fork of fdupes. MIT
jupp Text editor jupp comes with the editor flavours known from joe, specifically, jmacs, joe, jpico, jstar, and rjoe. GPLv1
less GNU less is a program similar to more, but which allows backward movement in the file as well as forward movement. Also, less does not have to read the entire input file before starting, so with large input files it starts up faster than text editors like vi. Less uses termcap (or terminfo on some systems), so it can run on a variety of terminals. GPLv3
lzip/plzip Lzip is a lossless data compressor with a user interface similar to the one of gzip or bzip2. Lzip uses a simplified form of the 'Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain-Algorithm' (LZMA) stream format, chosen to maximize safety and interoperability.
Plzip is a massively parallel (multi-threaded) implementation of lzip, fully compatible with lzip 1.4 or newer.		 GPLv2
mc GNU Midnight Commander is a visual file manager. It's a feature rich full-screen text mode application that allows you to copy, move and delete files and whole directory trees, search for files and run commands in the subshell. Internal viewer and editor are included. GPL
mg Micro (GNU) emacs-like text editor.
mg is intended to be a small, fast, and portable editor for people who can't (or don't want to) run emacs for one reason or another, or are not familiar with the vi(1) editor. It is compatible with emacs because there shouldn't be any reason to learn more editor types than emacs or vi.		 public domain
micro micro is a modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor. MIT
nano nano is a text editor for Unix-like computing systems or operating environments using a command line interface. GPLv2
nnn nnn (n³) is a full-featured terminal file manager. 2-Clause BSD
patch Patch takes a patch file containing a difference listing produced by the diff program and applies those differences to one or more original files, producing patched versions. GPLv3+
pcre2grep pcre2grep searches files for text patterns using Perl-compatible regular expressions (PCRE2), supporting advanced features like lookaround and recursive patterns. BSD
pcre2test pcre2test is used to test and experiment with Perl-compatible regular expressions using the PCRE2 libraries. BSD
pigz A parallel implementation of gzip for modern multi-processor, multi-core machines. zlib-license
pixz Pixz (pronounced pixie) is a parallel, indexing version of xz. 2-Clause BSD
rhash RHash (Recursive Hasher) is a console utility for computing and verifying hash sums of files. It supports CRC32, CRC32C, MD4, MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA512, SHA3, AICH, ED2K, DC++ TTH, BitTorrent BTIH, Tiger, GOST R 34.11-94, GOST-CRYPTOPRO, RIPEMD-160, HAS-160, EDON-R, and Whirlpool. MIT
rmlint rmlint finds space waste and other broken things on your filesystem and offers to remove it. GPLv3
rnm rnm renames files/directories in bulk. Naming scheme (Name String) can be applied or regex replace can be performed to modify file names on the fly. It uses PCRE2 regex to provide search (and replace) functionality. GPLv3
tree Tree is a recursive directory listing command that produces a depth indented listing of files, which is colorized ala dircolors if the LS_COLORS environment variable is set and output is to tty. GPLv2
xstow XStow is a replacement of GNU Stow written in C++. It supports all features of Stow with some extensions.
GNU Stow is a symlink farm manager which takes distinct packages of software and/or data located in separate directories on the filesystem, and makes them appear to be installed in the same place.		 GPLv2
zstd Zstandard (zstd) is a fast compression algorithm, providing high compression ratios. It also offers a special mode for small data, called dictionary compression. GPLv2 / BSD

Tools built with Rust

Tool Description License
bat A cat(1) clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration. MIT or Apache 2.0
edit Microsoft Edit - A simple editor for simple needs.
This editor pays homage to the classic MS-DOS Editor, but with a modern interface and input controls similar to VS Code. The goal is to provide an accessible editor that even users largely unfamiliar with terminals can easily use.		 MIT
eza A modern, maintained replacement for ls, written in rust. MIT
fd (fd-file) fd is a program to find entries in your filesystem. It is a simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to find. While it does not aim to support all of find's powerful functionality, it provides sensible (opinionated) defaults for a majority of use cases. Apache 2 / MIT
lsd (LSDeluxe) The next gen ls command. Apache 2.0
ripgrep rg is a line-oriented search tool that recursively searches your current directory for a regex pattern. public domain / Unlicense
sd Intuitive find & replace CLI (sed alternative) MIT

Important note

Not all tools are available for all DiskStation and Router models.