Introduction

This is a python script that is designed to automate some file management tasks. It is designed to be run from the command line and supports various options to handle different scenarios.

Prerequisites

This script is designed to work with Python 3. You must have Python 3 installed on your system in order to use this script.

Getting Started

To use this script, simply run it from the command line. Depending on the operating system you are using, you may need to modify the code to specify the path you want to work with.

The script supports several command line arguments that can be used to specify what action you want to perform.

Arguments

-m / --file-match

Accepts a path-like string and prints out a dictionary of which the key is the matching word and the values is the list of matched files.

-p / --path

Accepts a path-like string (will be used for all as input for other argument).

-c / --create_ext_dir

Create folders in relation to the existing file extension in the path and moves the related files to the newly created folder. For example, example.mp4 will cause an mp4files folder to be created.

-obr / --organize_by_relation

Create a folder according to matching files and organize them (i.e the output from the -match/-m).

-obe / --organize_by_extension

Uses the create_ext_dir function to make extension directories and uses the obr function to arrange the files by name.

-d / --delete_ext_dir

Empty the extension directories created and deletes them.

-de / --delete_ext_dirtype

Used to delete a specific extension directory, e.g., mp4->mp4files.

-ce / --create_ext_dirtype

Used to create a specific extension directory, e.g., html->htmlfiles.

Usage

Here are some examples of how you can use this script:

Match files with that are related

python file_manager.py -m "/path/to/files"

This command will match all files in the specified path that contain the word "word".

Create extension-based directories

python file_manager.py -c -p "/path/to/files"

This command will create folders for each file extension in the specified path and move the related files into the newly created folder.

Organize files by relation

python file_manager.py -obr -p "/path/to/files"

This command will create a folder for each matching file and organize them accordingly.

Organize files by extension

python file_manager.py -obe -p "/path/to/files"

This command will create folders for each file extension in the specified path and move the related files into the newly created folder, then organize the files within each folder by name.

Delete extension-based directories

python file_manager.py -d -p "/path/to/files"

This command will empty the extension directories created and delete them.

Delete a specific extension-based directory

python file_manager.py -de "mp4" -p "/path/to/files"

This command will delete the mp4files directory in the specified path.

Create a specific extension-based directory

python file_manager.py -ce "html" -p "/path/to/files"

This command will create an htmlfiles directory in the specified path.