ConX / dirorg

A script to organize the files of a directory by grouping them based on their extension. It can also group directories by identifying which extension they mostly contain.

Description

This script organizes the files of a directory by grouping them based on their extension. It can also group directories by identifying which extension they mostly contain.

Help

Usage: dirorg.py [options] [Destination Directory]

Options:

-h, --help show this help message and exit -b, --batch Run without asking for directory creation. -v, --verbose Print messages for every action taken. -d, --directory Recursively determine the content of the directories and group them properly. --dry-run Simulate execution. --hidden Work on hidden files too.

Configuring

Add new file extensions

On the top of the script there is a tuple (EXTDIR) containing the correspondences between extensions and destination directories.

EXTDIR = (
          (("mp3", "wav"), "Audio"),
          (("avi", "mpeg", "mp4", "wmv"), "Videos"),
          (("tar", "tgz", "zip", "gz", "rar", "7z", "bz2"), "Archives"),
          (("jpg", "tiff", "jpeg", "gif", "png", "bmp", "ico"), "Images"),
          (("txt", "xml"), "Text"),
          (("pdf", "chm"), "PDFs"),
          (("doc", "docx", "ods", "odt", "ptt", "xls"), "Office"),
          (("sh", "py", "pl"), "Scripts"),
         )

If you want all files with "bin" and "exe" extension to be moved in "Binaries" directory you just have to add the following tuple in EXTDIR:

(("bin", "exe"), "Binaries")

Examples

Group files in "foo" directory to "bar" directory. Ask for unknown extensions.

$ dirorg.py foo/ bar/

Same as previous example but now print messages for the actions taken.

$ dirorg.py -v foo/ bar/