file-operations

name	file-operations
description	File and directory management, project structure creation, search and replace, configuration editing.

File Operations

Project Structure Creation

When creating a project structure:

1. Create directories first (top-down)
2. Create files with appropriate content
3. Verify the structure matches requirements

Python Project Template

project-name/
├── src/
│   └── package_name/
│       └── __init__.py
├── tests/
│   └── __init__.py
├── pyproject.toml
└── README.md

Generic Project Template

project-name/
├── src/
│   └── main.py
├── README.md
└── .gitignore

File Search and Replace

When updating configuration files across a project:

1. List target files — identify all files that need changes
2. Read each file — understand the current content
3. Make targeted changes — replace specific values, not entire files
4. Verify changes — read the file back to confirm

Common Config Changes

• Database host: localhost → prod-db.example.com
• Log level: DEBUG → WARNING or ERROR
• API endpoints: development → production URLs
• Database names: dev_db → production_db

File Content Patterns

.gitignore

__pycache__/
*.pyc
.env
node_modules/
dist/
*.egg-info/

README.md

# Project Name

Brief description.

## Installation
...

## Usage
...

pyproject.toml

[project]
name = "package-name"
version = "0.1.0"
description = "Brief description"
requires-python = ">=3.10"

[build-system]
requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
build-backend = "setuptools.backends._legacy:_Backend"

Information Extraction

When extracting information from files:

1. Read the file completely
2. Identify the specific data points requested
3. Save extracted information to the output file in the requested format