Sorter

What does it do?

Script analyzes contents of provided directory and moves all files found to extension based folders in parent directory.

Example

Usage

In command line type:

python sorter.py

You will be prompted for a directory you are willing to sort. If you provide invalid path or simply hit Enter, path, where sorter.py file is present will be sorted.

Note: there's no turning back from here.

If want to output log file including tree structures and code progress, type python sorter.py log_file. By default sorter.py logs messages to terminal. Check repository for example log file: sorter.log

Features

• Optional logging to a file;
• Outputs folder tree structure before and after file sorting (log file / terminal);
• prevents sorting of absolute path, if it includes any of the following list items: ['windows', 'program files', 'bin', 'lib', 'etc', 'applications'];
• handles duplicate files: same filename - different content / two copies of same file in different directories;
• handles files with increased permissions (needs more testing).

Requirements

Python 3.7.3+ All libraries used in this project are within Python's standard library.

Additional notes

Script was mainly written for learning purposes on navigating OS and getting a handle on python OS library