Organize the Mess in your Download Directory with this Simple Python Script
These days we all use the internet a lot and download multiples files which are messily arranged in our Downloads directory. So, I thought to write a simple script that manages all the files that are downloaded and arranges the file according to their types.
For example,
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all the images file moved into a single folder named Photos
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All the scripts file like
.py,.shinto a directory named Scripts
and so on
To get rid of unorganized files in Download or other Directory I wrote this Script which organizes the file according to their types and move them to clear the cluster in your Download Directory
import os,shutil, datetime as dt
import sys
result_dict = {}
download_dir=sys.argv[1]
photos_extension = ("jpg", "JPEG", "jpeg","png","HEIC","svg","JPG")
videos_extension = ("mp4", "ovi")
scripts_extension = ("py","sh","txt","md")
book_extension = ("pdf","mobi","epub","PDF")
doc_extension = ("doc","docx","xlsx","csv","odt")
archive_extension = ("gz", "zip","deb")
pak_extension = ("pak")
for each in os.listdir(download_dir):
if os.path.isfile(download_dir + each):
file_src = str(download_dir+each)
if file_src.endswith(photos_extension):
result_dict.setdefault("Photos", []).append(each)
if file_src.endswith(videos_extension):
result_dict.setdefault("Videos", []).append(each)
if file_src.endswith(scripts_extension):
result_dict.setdefault("Scripts", []).append(each)
if file_src.endswith(book_extension):
result_dict.setdefault("Book", []).append(each)
if file_src.endswith(doc_extension):
result_dict.setdefault("Docs", []).append(each)
if file_src.endswith(archive_extension):
result_dict.setdefault("Archives", []).append(each)
if file_src.endswith(pak_extension):
result_dict.setdefault("PakFiles", []).append(each)
print(result_dict)
for key in result_dict:
new_dir = download_dir+key+'/'
os.makedirs(new_dir, exist_ok=True)
[shutil.move(download_dir+each, new_dir+each) for each in result_dict[key]]
To use this Script Please run it with python3:
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Copy the above codeblock and paste it into a file named
clean_directory.py -
Run this file using
$ python clean_directory.py <Your Directory>for eg:$ python clean_directory.py /Users/shiva/Desktop/, This code is Python3 Compatible & mind the/at the last of Directory in Command line arguments
Voila, Your directory mess is now arranged and Organized Perfectly, Enjoy and leave a comment if you liked my work
