Bulk file creator

Create bulk files with or without structured directories. Be it a configuration file or a plain text file.

The source should be a plain table that contains the header and beyond that each row will be a separate file. Just parameterize it with the appropriate flags and you're ready with lots of new files.

Install

npm install --global @dovicsin/bulk-file-creator

Usage

bulk-file-creator -s source.xlsx

Flags

| Name | Flag | Short | Default | Required | Description | |------|------|-------|---------|----------|-------------| | Source file | --source | -s | None | true | Source file (supported: xlsx, xls, ods) | | Target directory | --target | -t | dist/ | false | Target directory when saved all file | | Create dirs | --dirs | -d | true | false | Create directory every files | | Add header | --addheaderkey | -a | true | false | Add header key in content with join separator | | Join | --join | -j | = | false | The target file content line and header separator |

Source format headers

• name - First column contained the file names
• extension - Second column contained all file extension (not required)
• Every other column contained file content. The first row value is a line parameter name.

Example source (sheet-1)

| name | extension | TITLE | DESCRIPTION | DATE | ETC | |------|-----------|-------|-------------|------|-----| | file-1 | txt | First title | Description value | 2023 | etc parameters | | file-2 | txt | Second title | Description value | 2020 | other | | file-3 | pdf | Pdf title | Pdf desc | 2024 | ... |

Result

bulk-file-creator -s source.xlsx

dist
  sheet-1
    file-1
      file-1.txt
    file-2
      file-2.txt
    file-3
      file-3.txt

Without plus dirs

bulk-file-creator -s source.xlsx -d false

dist
  sheet-1
    file-1.txt
    file-2.txt
    file-3.txt

file-1.txt

TITLE=First title
DESCRIPTION=Description value
DATE=2023
ETC=etc parameters

Example simple content

bulk-file-creator -s source.xlsx -a false

| name | extension | CONTENT | |------|-----------|---------| | file-1 | txt | First content \n more lines | | file-2 | txt | Sec content | | file-3 | txt | Content |

file-1 final content

First content
more lines

Supported source extensions

• xlsx
• xls
• ods