HashWalker is a simple command-line tool that recursively walks through a directory, calculates the MD5 hash of each file, and saves the results to a CSV file. It can also compare two CSV files generated by the tool to detect new, modified, or deleted files.
- Walk through directories and subdirectories recursively
- Calculate MD5 hashes for each file
- Save file hashes to a CSV file
- Compare two CSV files to detect file changes
HashWalker accepts three command-line arguments:
-dir: The directory you want to walk through and hash. When this flag is used, the tool will calculate file hashes and save them to a CSV file named "file_hashes.csv" in the current working directory.-baseline: The baseline CSV file for comparison. This file should contain file hashes generated by HashWalker.-csv: The second CSV file for comparison. This file should also contain file hashes generated by HashWalker.
To generate a CSV file with file hashes:
./hashwalker --dir=/path/to/directory
To compare two CSV files:
./hashwalker --baseline=baseline.csv --csv=comparison.csv
When comparing CSV files, HashWalker will print new, modified, or deleted files to the console.
To install and build HashWalker, make sure you have Go installed, and then run:
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/hashwalker.git
cd hashwalker
go build
This will create a binary named hashwalker in the current directory. You can move this binary to a directory in your PATH for easier access.
This project is released under the MIT License.