Script to organize files in a directory (Alphabetical Order):
Run the script:
python main.py
Code language: CSS (css)
- The folder will be generated and files will be moved accordingly.
Source Code:
main.py
'''
This script will sort and move the files in the directory
(the alphabetical order).
'apple.txt' --> 'A'
'ryan.txt' --> 'R'
'01010.txt' --> 'Misc'
'''
import os
import shutil
filenames = []
def getfoldername(filename):
'''
'Test.txt' --> 't'
'010.txt' --> 'misc'
'zebra.txt' --> 'z'
'Alpha@@.txt' --> 'a'
'!@#.txt' --> 'misc'
'''
if filename[0].isalpha():
return filename[0].lower()
else:
return 'misc'
def readdirectory():
'''
read the filename in the current directory and append them to a list
'''
global filenames
for files in os.listdir(os.getcwd()):
if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), files)):
filenames.append(files)
filenames.remove('main.py') # removing script from the file list
# getting the first letters of the file & creating a file in the current_dir
def createfolder():
'''
creating a folders
'''
global filenames
for f in filenames:
if os.path.isdir(getfoldername(f)):
print("folder already created")
else:
os.mkdir(getfoldername(f))
print('creating folder...')
# moving the file into the proper folder
def movetofolder():
'''
movetofolder('zebra.py','z')
'zebra.py'(moved to) 'z'
'''
global filenames
for i in filenames:
filename = i
file = getfoldername(i)
source = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), filename)
destination = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), file)
print(f"moving {source} to {destination}")
shutil.move(source, destination)
if __name__ == '__main__':
readdirectory()
createfolder()
movetofolder()
Code language: PHP (php)