FOLDER ORGANISER | Useful Python Projects 01
Intermediate Python tutorial in which we will create a folder organiser. This will put files into categories such as Audio, Video, Text, Executables, etc. and move them into their corresponding folders automatically.
The extensions code to copy and paste is at the bottom of the description.
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0:00 Demonstration
0:38 Coding Roadmap
2:48 get_all_files()
4:23 get_file_extension()
5:20 get_extension_category()
6:38 move_file()
8:06 delete_empty_directories
9:00 get_base_path()
14:18 Demonstration
Extensions Code:
extensions = {
"Audio": [
".aif",
".cda",
".mid",
".midi",
".mp3",
".mpa",
".ogg",
".wav",
".wma",
".wpl",
],
"Compressed Files": [
".7z",
".arj",
".deb",
".pkg",
".rar",
".rpm",
".tar.gz",
".z",
".zip",
],
"Disk Media": [
".bin",
".dmg",
".iso",
".toast",
],
"Data": [
".csv",
".dat",
".db",
".dbf",
".log",
".mdb",
".sav",
".sql",
".tar",
".xml",
],
"Email": [
".email",
".eml",
".emlx",
".msg",
".oft",
".vcf",
],
"Executables": [
".apk",
".bat",
".bin",
".cgi",
".pl",
".com",
".exe",
".gadget",
".jar",
".msi",
".py",
".wsf",
],
"Fonts": [
".fnt",
".fon",
".otf",
".ttf",
],
"Images": [
".ai",
".bmp",
".gif",
".ico",
".jpeg",
".jpg",
".png",
".ps",
".psd",
".svg",
".tif",
".tiff",
],
"Internet": [
".asp",
".aspx",
".cer",
".cfm",
".cgi",
".css",
".htm",
".html",
".js",
".jsp",
".part",
".php",
".py",
".rss",
".xhtml",
],
"Presentation": [
".key",
".odp",
".pps",
".ppt",
".pptx",
],
"Programming": [
".c",
".class",
".cpp",
".cs",
".h",
".java",
".pl",
".sh",
".swift",
".vb",
],
"Spreadsheet": [
".odsd",
".xls",
".xslm",
".xslx",
],
"System": [
".bak",
".cab",
".cfg",
".cpl",
".cur",
".dll",
".dmp",
".drv",
".icns",
".ico",
".ini",
".lnk",
".msi",
".sys",
".tmp",
],
"Video": [
".3g2",
".3gp",
".avi",
".flv",
".h264",
".m4v",
".mkv",
".mov",
".mp4",
".mpg",
".mpeg",
".rm",
".swf",
".vob",
".wmv",
],
Word Processor and Text Files
"Text": [
".doc",
".docx",
".pdf",
".rtf",
".tex",
".txt",
".wpd",
],
}