File System and Registry CLI

A small Python command-line utility for basic file system operations and Windows Registry management.

The project provides a simple CLI interface for creating, deleting, reading, writing, copying and renaming files, as well as creating, deleting and modifying Windows Registry keys.

Features

File system operations

• Create a file
• Remove a file
• Write text to a file
• Read file contents
• Copy a file to another directory
• Rename a file or directory

Windows Registry operations

• Create a registry key
• Remove a registry key
• Write a string value to a registry key

Requirements

• Python 3
• Windows OS
• Administrator permissions for some registry operations

Usage

python main.py [command] [arguments]

Commands

Create a file

python main.py --create example.txt

Remove a file

python main.py --remove example.txt

Write to a file

python main.py --write example.txt "Hello, world!"

Read a file

python main.py --read example.txt

Copy a file

python main.py --copy example.txt C:\Users\User\Documents

Rename a file or directory

python main.py --rename old_name.txt new_name.txt

Create a registry key

python main.py --createKey HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software\TestKey

Remove a registry key

python main.py --removeKey HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software\TestKey

Write a value to a registry key

python main.py --writeToKey HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software\TestKey ValueName ValueData

Supported Registry Root Keys

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
• HKEY_USERS
• HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG

Notes

Some registry operations may require administrator privileges. The project is intended for educational purposes and demonstrates basic command-line argument parsing, file handling, exception handling and interaction with the Windows Registry in Python.

Technologies

• Python
• argparse
• os
• shutil
• winreg