mf — Make File

mf is a cross-platform CLI tool for creating files from the command line — like md for files. It supports clipboard content, encoding detection, content type detection, batch creation, and interactive conflict resolution.

Quick Install

cargo install mf

Or build from source:

git clone https://github.com/user/mf.git
cd mf
cargo build --release

Quick Usage

# Create an empty file
mf config.ini

# Create from clipboard
mf output.txt -c

# Batch create multiple files
mf a.txt b.txt c.txt

# Pipe content from stdin
echo "Hello, World!" | mf hello.txt

# Create with specific encoding
mf script.bat --encoding gbk

# Force overwrite existing file
mf report.md -f

# Create then open in default editor
mf notes.md -o

Features

• Create empty files — mf <path> works like touch with extra smarts
• Clipboard support — mf <path> -c reads the system clipboard
• Batch creation — create any number of files in one command
• Encoding control — automatic per-extension defaults, manual override via --encoding, auto-detection via chardetng
• Content type detection — auto-detects JSON, XML, HTML, Python, JavaScript, SQL, and plain text; warns on extension mismatch
• Conflict resolution — interactive prompts for overwrite/skip/append/rename, plus --force and --no-clobber
• Pipe support — echo content | mf <path> reads from stdin
• Configuration — TOML config files at project and user level
• Atomic writes — writes to a temp file first, then renames; no data loss on failure
• Cross-platform — Windows, Linux, macOS

Configuration

mf supports TOML configuration files with three levels of priority:

1. Project-level: .mf/config.toml in the current directory
2. User-level: ~/.mfconfig (%USERPROFILE%\.mfconfig on Windows)
3. Built-in defaults

See the full usage guide for details.

License

MIT