A comprehensive toolkit for advanced filesystem management, enabling recursive searches, batch operations, and deep directory analysis.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install filesystem
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install filesystem using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
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What is Filesystem Operations?
The Filesystem Operations skill provides a robust set of tools for navigating and manipulating file systems at scale. By leveraging industry-standard CLI utilities, it allows developers to perform complex tasks such as recursive content searching, file type filtering, and directory size distribution analysis. This is a core component of the Openclaw Skills ecosystem designed to streamline local environment management.
It bridges the gap between basic file access and sophisticated system-level automation, ensuring that users can maintain organized and efficient workspaces. Whether you are managing large codebases or cleaning up legacy logs, these Openclaw Skills empower you with high-performance search and batch processing capabilities that far exceed standard file explorer functions.
Filesystem Operations Use Cases
- Searching for specific code patterns or keywords across nested directories using recursive grep.
- Performing batch file operations like renaming, moving, or deleting files based on age, size, or extension.
- Generating detailed directory tree structures and analyzing disk usage for project auditing.
- Automating the cleanup of temporary files, logs, and empty directories to maintain system health.
- Managing large-scale content migrations using regular expression-based search and replace tools like sed.
How Filesystem Operations Works
- The skill identifies the target directory and specified criteria such as filename patterns, content strings, or metadata attributes.
- It utilizes optimized search tools like find or ripgrep to locate relevant assets across the filesystem.
- For batch operations, it identifies the target file set and applies the requested transformation like move, copy, or rename.
- It performs directory analysis by calculating file sizes and distribution statistics to provide a structural overview.
- It provides detailed reporting on the operations performed, ensuring transparency for all filesystem modifications.
Filesystem Operations Setup
To fully utilize these Openclaw Skills, ensure the standard CLI tools are installed on your system. For enhanced performance in search and visualization, it is recommended to install the following utilities:
# Install advanced search and tree tools
brew install tree fd ripgrep
Once installed, the system will automatically prioritize these high-performance tools for recursive searches and directory mapping.
Filesystem Operations Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill organizes data through standard POSIX filesystem structures and utilizes metadata for filtering and analysis.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| File Metadata | Accesses size, modification time, and permissions via stat. |
| Search Patterns | Supports globbing, exact matches, and PCRE regular expressions. |
| Directory Structure | Supports recursive mapping with configurable depth control. |
| Filter Logic | Filters by file type (f/d), name patterns, and specific content strings. |
Filesystem Operations Advanced Features
- Integration with ripgrep (rg) for ultra-fast, multi-threaded content searching across large repositories.
- Support for dry-run workflows to preview batch deletions or renames before execution.
- Complex file filtering using boolean logic to include or exclude specific file types and paths.
- Automated directory analysis including disk usage (du) and file type distribution statistics.
- Regular expression support for complex search-and-replace workflows across multiple files using sed.
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