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A tiny sorter that files by type automatically
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| #!/usr/bin/env python3 | |
| from pathlib import Path | |
| import shutil | |
| DOWNLOADS = Path.home() / "Downloads" | |
| BUCKETS = { | |
| "Documents": {".pdf", ".docx", ".doc", ".txt", ".md", ".odt", ".rtf"}, | |
| "Images": {".png", ".jpg", ".jpeg", ".gif", ".webp", ".svg", ".heic"}, | |
| "Audio": {".mp3", ".wav", ".flac", ".m4a", ".ogg"}, | |
| "Video": {".mp4", ".mkv", ".mov", ".avi", ".webm"}, | |
| "Archives": {".zip", ".tar", ".gz", ".bz2", ".7z", ".xz"}, | |
| "Code": {".py", ".js", ".ts", ".sh", ".rb", ".go", ".c", ".cpp", ".java"}, | |
| "Spreadsheets": {".csv", ".xlsx", ".xls", ".ods"}, | |
| "Installers": {".deb", ".rpm", ".msi", ".exe", ".dmg", ".pkg", ".apk"}, | |
| "Other": set(), | |
| } | |
| def bucket_for(path: Path) -> Path: | |
| ext = path.suffix.lower() | |
| for folder, exts in BUCKETS.items(): | |
| if ext in exts: | |
| return DOWNLOADS / folder | |
| return DOWNLOADS / "Other" | |
| def main(): | |
| for item in DOWNLOADS.iterdir(): | |
| if item.is_file(): | |
| target_dir = bucket_for(item) | |
| target_dir.mkdir(exist_ok=True) | |
| try: | |
| shutil.move(str(item), str(target_dir / item.name)) | |
| except Exception: | |
| # Skip files that cannot be moved | |
| continue | |
| if __name__ == "__main__": | |
| main() |
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