trydiff: read file data in only one place
This moves getfilectx() out of the initial block in the loop, leaving
that block to be only about finding pairs of filenames in ctx1 and
ctx2 to diff.
Tests of the file helper tool
$ f -h
?sage: f [options] [filenames] (glob)
?ptions: (glob)
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-t, --type show file type (file or directory)
-m, --mode show file mode
-l, --links show number of links
-s, --size show size of file
-n NEWER, --newer=NEWER
check if file is newer (or same)
-r, --recurse recurse into directories
-S, --sha1 show sha1 hash of the content
-M, --md5 show md5 hash of the content
-D, --dump dump file content
-H, --hexdump hexdump file content
-B BYTES, --bytes=BYTES
number of characters to dump
-L LINES, --lines=LINES
number of lines to dump
-q, --quiet no default output
$ mkdir dir
$ cd dir
$ f --size
size=0
$ echo hello | f --md5 --size
size=6, md5=b1946ac92492d2347c6235b4d2611184
$ f foo
foo: file not found
$ echo foo > foo
$ f foo
foo:
#if symlink
$ f foo --mode
foo: mode=644
#endif
$ seq 10 > bar
#if unix-permissions symlink
$ chmod +x bar
$ f bar --newer foo --mode --type --size --dump --links --bytes 7
bar: file, size=21, mode=755, links=1, newer than foo
>>>
1
2
3
4
<<< no trailing newline
#endif
#if unix-permissions
$ ln bar baz
$ f bar -n baz -l --hexdump -t --sha1 --lines=9 -B 20
bar: file, links=2, newer than baz, sha1=612ca68d0305c821750a
0000: 31 0a 32 0a 33 0a 34 0a 35 0a 36 0a 37 0a 38 0a |1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.|
0010: 39 0a |9.|
$ rm baz
#endif
#if unix-permissions symlink
$ ln -s yadda l
$ f . --recurse -MStmsB4
.: directory with 3 files, mode=755
./bar: file, size=21, mode=755, md5=3b03, sha1=612c
./foo: file, size=4, mode=644, md5=d3b0, sha1=f1d2
./l: link, size=5, md5=2faa, sha1=af93
#endif
$ f --quiet bar -DL 3
1
2
3
$ cd ..
Yadda is a symlink
#if symlink
$ f -qr dir -HB 17
dir: directory with 3 files
dir/bar:
0000: 31 0a 32 0a 33 0a 34 0a 35 0a 36 0a 37 0a 38 0a |1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.|
0010: 39 |9|
dir/foo:
0000: 66 6f 6f 0a |foo.|
dir/l:
0000: 79 61 64 64 61 |yadda|
#else
$ f -qr dir -HB 17
dir: directory with 2 files (esc)
dir/bar: (glob)
0000: 31 0a 32 0a 33 0a 34 0a 35 0a 36 0a 37 0a 38 0a |1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.|
0010: 39 |9|
dir/foo: (glob)
0000: 66 6f 6f 0a |foo.|
#endif