Sort by LOC

script.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Function to count lines of code in a file
count_lines_of_code() {
    local file=$1
    local lines=$(wc -l < "$file")
    echo "$lines"
}

# Function to sort files based on lines of code
sort_files() {
    local directory=$1
    local file_list=$(find "$directory" -type f)  # Get a list of all files in the directory

    # Iterate over each file and count lines of code
    local file
    for file in $file_list; do
        local lines=$(count_lines_of_code "$file")
        echo "$lines $file"
    done | sort -nr  # Sort by lines of code in descending order
}

# Prompt the user for a directory path
read -p "Enter the directory path: " directory_path

# Verify if the directory exists
if [[ ! -d "$directory_path" ]]; then
    echo "Error: Directory not found."
    exit 1
fi

# Call the sort_files function with the specified directory
sorted_files=$(sort_files "$directory_path")

# Display the sorted file list
echo "Sorted files based on lines of code:"
echo "$sorted_files"