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Audit troublesome filename characters
Report control characters, trailing dots, and Windows-reserved filenames.
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Compare folders by content
Report added, missing, and changed relative paths using SHA-256.
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Copy a curated file list
Copy only listed relative files while rejecting paths outside the source.
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Copy matching files
Copy glob-matched files into a new folder while preserving relative paths.
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Copy only a folder structure
Recreate directories in a new location without copying any files.
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Count files per directory
Report direct and recursive file counts for every directory.
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Create folders from a path list
Build a new empty directory structure from listed relative folder paths.
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Divide files into batches
Copy a tree into numbered batches containing a maximum number of files.
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Find case-only path collisions
Identify relative file paths differing only by letter case.
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Find deeply nested files
List files at or beyond a selected subfolder depth.
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Find empty directories
List folders containing no files or subdirectories.
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Find identical file contents
Group identical files by SHA-256 without deleting copies.
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Find long paths
Report absolute file paths above a selected character threshold.
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Find missing companion files
Find files lacking a same-stem companion with a chosen suffix.
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Find text snippets across files
Search readable UTF-8 files and report matching line numbers.
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Flatten a folder safely
Copy a nested tree into one folder with path-hash filename prefixes.
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Group copied files alphabetically
Copy files into A-Z buckets based on their first filename character.
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Group files by modification age
Summarize file counts and sizes by modification age.
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List the largest files
Create a size-ranked shortlist of large files.
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Make a file size manifest
List byte counts and relative paths for every regular file.
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Merge folders and preserve conflicts
Combine two trees into a new folder and retain differing same-path files.
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Preview filename space cleanup
Preview whitespace-to-underscore renames and apply only with --apply.
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Print a folder tree
Create an indented map of a folder and its subfolders.
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Report broken symbolic links
Find links to missing targets without following directory links.
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