File operations

Skill mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace/code-operations-plugin/skills/file-operations

Claude Code Skills for software engineering workflows - Git automation, testing, and code review

Install

npx -y skills add mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace --skill file-operations

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Analyze files and get detailed metadata including size, line counts, modification times, and content statistics. Use when users request file information, statistics, or analysis without modifying files.

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File Operations

Analyze files and retrieve metadata using Claude's native tools without modifying files.

When to Use

"analyze [file]"
"get file info for [file]"
"how many lines in [file]"
"compare [file1] and [file2]"
"file statistics"

Core Operations

File Size & Metadata

stat -f "%z bytes, modified %Sm" [file_path]  # Single file
ls -lh [directory]                             # Multiple files
du -h [file_path]                              # Human-readable size

Line Counts

wc -l [file_path]                              # Single file
wc -l [file1] [file2]                          # Multiple files
find [dir] -name "*.py" | xargs wc -l          # Directory total

Content Analysis

Use Read to analyze structure, then count functions/classes/imports.

Pattern Search

Grep(pattern="^def ", output_mode="count", path="src/")        # Count functions
Grep(pattern="TODO|FIXME", output_mode="content", -n=true)    # Find TODOs
Grep(pattern="^import ", output_mode="count")                 # Count imports

Find Files

Glob(pattern="**/*.py")

Workflow Examples

Comprehensive File Analysis

Get size/mod time: stat -f "%z bytes, modified %Sm" file.py
Count lines: wc -l file.py
Read file: Read(file_path="file.py")
Count functions: Grep(pattern="^def ", output_mode="count")
Count classes: Grep(pattern="^class ", output_mode="count")

Compare File Sizes

Find files: Glob(pattern="src/**/*.py")
Get sizes: ls -lh src/**/*.py
Total size: du -sh src/*.py

Code Quality Metrics

Total lines: find . -name "*.py" | xargs wc -l
Test files: find . -name "test_*.py" | wc -l
TODOs: Grep(pattern="TODO|FIXME|HACK", output_mode="count")

Find Largest Files

find . -type f -not -path "./node_modules/*" -exec du -h {} + | sort -rh | head -20

Best Practices

Non-destructive: Use Read/stat/wc, never modify
Efficient: Read small files fully, use Grep for large files
Context-aware: Compare to project averages, suggest optimizations

Integration

Works with:

code-auditor: Comprehensive analysis
code-transfer: After identifying large files
codebase-documenter: Understanding file purposes