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FileManagerCSharp

A simple console file manager written in C#. I made this as a school project to practice working with the file system and console input parsing.

What it does

You type commands in the terminal and it does file/folder stuff. Kind of like Windows CMD but i wrote it myself. It has a basic command history, colored error messages and supports quoted paths with spaces.

Project Structure

FileManagerCSharp/
├── Program.cs          # main loop + command routing
├── FileManager.cs      # all file/folder logic
└── CommandParser.cs    # parses input into command + args

Commands

Command Usage Description
dir dir show files and folders in current directory
cd cd <path> change directory (cd .. to go back)
mkdir mkdir <name> create a new folder
rmdir rmdir <name> delete folder with everything inside
create create <name> <text> create a text file with content
read read <name> read and print a text file
del del <name> delete a file
copy copy <source> <dest> copy file or folder
move move <source> <dest> move file or folder
attr attr <name> show file name, size, dates, attributes
search search <name> search files/folders by name recursively
history history show all commands you typed this session
cls cls clear the screen
help help [command] show all commands, or details for one
exit exit close the program

How CommandParser works

It splits the input by spaces but handles quoted strings correctly. So something like that:

create myfile.txt "hello world this is my file"

...it gets parsed as 3 parts, not 8. Without quotes the text would get cut off at the first space.

Example session

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PS C:\Users\me> mkdir testfolder
Directory created --> testfolder

PS C:\Users\me> cd testfolder
PS C:\Users\me\testfolder> create notes.txt "this is my note"
File created --> notes.txt

PS C:\Users\me\testfolder> read notes.txt
this is my note

PS C:\Users\me\testfolder> attr notes.txt
Name       --> notes.txt
Size       --> 18 bytes
Created    --> 26.03.2026 14:32:01
Modified   --> 26.03.2026 14:32:01
Attributes --> Archive

Notes

  • Errors are shown in red so they are like very easy to spot
  • rmdir deletes everything inside the folder too, so be careful
  • search goes through all subfolders recursively
  • UTF-8 encoding is set on startup so special characters work fine
  • Command history only lasts for the current session, it resets on exit

Made by a student learning C#