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  • Perform file system operations on Windows including directory browsing, file reading, searching, and basic file management tasks.
  • Extract and analyze full file content or specific line ranges from absolute paths. Enables precise file reading for tasks requiring line number understanding.
    Apache 2.0
  • Retrieve file metadata like size and line count without accessing file contents. Helps determine optimal reading strategies for large files by analyzing file characteristics first.
    MIT
  • Perform file system operations such as browsing directories, reading files, searching, retrieving file info, finding large files, and checking disk usage on Windows systems.

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