This command-line interface (CLI) tool analyzes the character frequency in files within a specified directory and optionally filters by file type. It generates a sideways bar chart in the terminal to visualize the most common characters.
Ensure you have Go installed. Clone the repository and navigate to the project directory:
git clone github.com/zandacw/charcnt
cd github.com/zandacw/charcnt Install dependencies:
go mod tidyBuild and install:
go installcharcnt [option] dirpathfiletype: Specify the file type to count characters on (default: * for all files).width: Maximum width of the bar chart (default: 80)
charcnt .charcnt -filetype=go -width=160 /path/to/directoryThe CLI outputs a sideways bar chart where each character is represented by its frequency. Characters are color-coded based on type:
- Red: Digits (0-9)
- Blue: Alphabetic (A-Z, a-z)
- Green: Symbols
- White: Punctuation
This is a silly tool with no optimisations. Might blow up your machine if run on a massively nested directory :(
- Uses
github.com/fatih/colorfor terminal colors