Generate .csv formatted basic metadata, fast to obtain, but allowing heuristics for syncing files or initial eastimation of backup/sync coverage. ( And yes, I know that this find command will not properly encode filenames containing quotes according to csv standard )

gen_basic_files_metadata.csv.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Generate .csv formatted basic metadata, fast to obtain, but allowing heuristics for syncing files or initial eastimation of backup/sync coverage.

fullpath="${1:-$PWD}"
dest="${2:-"$fullpath"/basic_files_metadata.csv.gz}"
hostname="${3:-"$(hostname)"}"
echo "find \"${fullpath}\" -type f -exec stat --format=\"%i,%Y,%s,%m,%n\" \"{}\" \\; > \"${dest}\""
echo "Progress in lines generated:"
(echo "inode,modification_ts,size,hostname,mount,path";
 find "${fullpath}" -type f -exec stat --format="%i,%Y,%s,${hostname},%m,%n" "{}" \;
) | pv -l | gzip > "${dest}"
echo -n Finished:
ls -lha "${dest}"