listplugins.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import os
import sys
import glob
import heapq
import time
import platform


def main():
    """
    List VCV plugins on your system sorted by last update date
    (Untested on Linux and Mac)

    Usage:

    listplugins.py [count]

    count   number of plugins to list (default: 25)

    """

    try:
        count = int(sys.argv[-1]) if len(sys.argv) > 1 else 25
    except ValueError:
        print("argument should be a number")
        exit(1)

    if platform.system() == "Windows":
        if os.environ.get('MSYSTEM'):
            mask = os.path.join(os.environ['USERPROFILE'], "Documents", "Rack", "plugins")
        else:
            mask = os.path.expanduser("~/Documents/Rack/plugins")
        mask += "/**/plugin.dll"
    elif platform.system() == "Linux":
        mask = os.path.expanduser("~/.Rack/plugins") + "/**/plugin.so"
    elif platform.system() == "Darwin":
        mask = os.path.expanduser("~/Documents/Rack/plugins") + "/**/plugin.dylib"
    else:
        print("unknown platform")
        exit(1)

    filenames = heapq.nlargest(
        count,
        glob.glob(mask),
        key=lambda f: os.stat(f).st_mtime
    )

    for filename in filenames:
        print(
            "{}  {}".format(
                time.ctime(os.stat(filename).st_mtime),
                os.path.split(os.path.dirname(filename))[-1]
            )
        )


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()