dcat

A command line catalog tool for your offline data.

After trying some other tools (CDcat, VVV, Basenji, GWhere, catcli) I ended up writing my own with these points in mind:

• no GUI: usable everywhere especially in remote terminals
• no extra libraries needed, only mature core tools
• data stored in a compressed and open format (gzipped json)
• easy way to browse a catalog with ncurses

With DCat you can

• create a catalog (files index) for each desired removable media (CD/DVDs, hard/flash drives) or folder
• search for a file (name or regexp) on a single catalog or your entire collection
• browse a catalog with a nice dialog interface

Requirements

1. ruby interpreter (no additional gems required) and common linux commands (find, sort, pv, and dialog):

   apt install ruby findutils coreutils pv dialog

2. set executable bits on file: chmod 755 dcat

Usage

action	command
create	dcat <i|index> catalog_name path
list	dcat ls
search	dcat <s|search> [catalog_name] regexp
browse	dcat [catalog_name]

Screenshots

create

list

search

browse