file · Command reference

`qzx findLargeFiles`

What it does

Searches for files with specific extensions that exceed a given size

Canonical command: findLargeFiles

Accepted aliases: None

Case-sensitive: no

Included in the published package

Available in PyPI 0.2.2.0.2. This page documents the 0.2.2.0.2 alpha development checkout.

Safety and effects

Read-only under the current classification

No documented dry-run parameter

No native program invocation in the current classification

No documented network use

No inherent elevation requirement

This safety classification was reviewed against implementation digest sha256:0530ba31af946ae73b351d6e7c2e4906eacddcbd4c8cb60acc9411ed609a84d8 on 2026-07-24.

Exact syntax

qzx findLargeFiles <directory> <extension> <min_size> [recursive] [sort_by] --json

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
directory	str	Yes	Not declared	Base directory to start the search from
extension	str	Yes	Not declared	File extension to filter by (e.g., ".pas", ".txt")
min_size	str	Yes	Not declared	Minimum file size in bytes
recursive	str	No	"-r"	Recursion level: -r/--recursive for unlimited depth, -rN/--recursiveN for N levels deep
sort_by	str	No	"size"	Sort results by: "name", "size", "date"

Input examples

qzx findLargeFiles . *.pas 300

Find all .pas files in current directory larger than 300 bytes

qzx findLargeFiles src *.py 1024 -r

Find all .py files in src directory and subdirectories larger than 1KB

qzx findLargeFiles project *.js 5000 false name

Find all .js files (non-recursive) larger than 5KB, sorted by name

For the complete structured payload, add --json: qzx findLargeFiles <directory> <extension> <min_size> [recursive] [sort_by] --json

Representative output example

This illustrative JSON is derived from the current implementation-backed result contract. It shows what the command can return without claiming a recorded execution; values vary with inputs, host, permissions, and optional tools.

Example command: qzx findLargeFiles . *.pas 300 --json

{
    "success": true,
    "message": "Searches for files with specific extensions that exceed a given size. In this illustrative example, the command completed successfully.",
    "directory": "C:\\project\\example.txt",
    "extension": "Example value",
    "files": [
        {
            "path": "src/example.py",
            "size_readable": "4.2 KiB"
        }
    ],
    "files_found": "C:\\project\\example.txt",
    "min_size": 4096,
    "min_size_bytes": 4096,
    "recursive": true,
    "sort_by": "Example value",
    "total_size": 3,
    "total_size_readable": 3
}

View the JSON result contract

{
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "type": "object",
    "required": [
        "success",
        "message"
    ],
    "properties": {
        "success": {
            "type": "boolean"
        },
        "message": {
            "type": "string"
        },
        "directory": [],
        "error": {
            "type": "string"
        },
        "extension": [],
        "files": [],
        "files_found": [],
        "min_size": [],
        "min_size_bytes": [],
        "recursive": [],
        "sort_by": [],
        "total_size": [],
        "total_size_readable": []
    },
    "additionalProperties": true
}

Errors and limits

The public contract requires success=false and a descriptive message on failure. This catalog does not yet declare a command-specific error taxonomy; inspect the result and do not invent error codes.

QZX is alpha software. Optional dependencies, permissions, and host capabilities can change the result.

Evidence workflow: ready for deterministic automated capture.

Evidence and provenance

Implementation: src/qzx/commands/file/find_large_files.py
Tests: No command-specific test file with the same module name was found; this does not prove that all coverage is absent.
Documentation channel: Development documentation 0.2.2.0.2 · main · sha256:319b16857a87636ebc3b89734cc040a737bb56194464fca33ce73bdae2043096
Availability: 0.2.2.0.2 or earlier

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