File Operations

by mhattingpete

File Operations is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by mhattingpete in claude-skills-marketplace.

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Install File Operations

Copy File Operations into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace/tree/main/code-operations-plugin/skills/file-operations ~/.claude/skills/file-operations

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: code-operations-plugin/skills/file-operations/SKILL.md in mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/file-operations
Collection: One of 18 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 1523 skills

What File Operations does

File Operations analyzes files and reports metadata such as size, line counts, modification times, and content statistics. Use it when you need file information or comparisons without changing files.

File Operations is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. File Operations comes from a repository tagged ai-agents, ai-tools, anthropic, automation and claude-code.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

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

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about File Operations

What else does mhattingpete publish alongside File Operations?
File Operations is one of 18 skills that DirSkills catalogs from mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Architecture Diagram Creator, Code Auditor and Code Execution. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way File Operations does, and is maintained by mhattingpete in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace page.
How does File Operations compare to other Automation skills?
File Operations ranks #1116 by stars among the 1523 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of File Operations against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.