cidls

ls, but with CIDs.

A cli command similar to ls, except with CIDs computed for each file name alongside the output. The current implementation is functional, but in an MVP state.

Quick install

Quickly install this cli command by running

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/orvn/cidls/main/install.sh | sudo bash

That's it! OS detection is automatic and the binary will be moved to an executable path. You'll likely be prompted for a password.

Usage

cidls [path] [CID version]

• Run the command like cidls ~/some/path 0
• The path is optional, default path is the current working directory
• The second argument accepts 0 for CID v0 or 1 for CID v1

Flags

• cidls -v for version information
• cidls -h for help

(more flags to come for setting multihash and multicodec)

Build from source

1. Clone this this repo
2. Compile from source with go build
3. Try it out by running ./cidls for the current directory or ./cidls ~/some/path to target any directory

todo

• Compile and test on different OSs (currently only tested on macOS)
• Add to path to run as cli command
• Support different types of CIDs
• Create a caching system to avoid re-processing files too much
• Make compatible with BSD-style LSCOLORS variable (e.g., exgxcxdxbxegedabagacad)
• Add options for a few common ls flags