Basically, as a lazy programmer, my desktop is full of files (Junk Files). Due to a large number of files, it is a daunting task to sit and organize each file. To make that task easy the below Python script comes in handy and all the files are organized in a well-manner within seconds.
Screenshot before running the script
Following are the steps to be followed:
- Create Dictionaries: The code below will create the defined Directories.
DIRECTORIES = { "HTML": [".html5", ".html", ".htm", ".xhtml"], "IMAGES": [".jpeg", ".jpg", ".tiff", ".gif", ".bmp", ".png", ".bpg", "svg", ".heif", ".psd"], "VIDEOS": [".avi", ".flv", ".wmv", ".mov", ".mp4", ".webm", ".vob", ".mng", ".qt", ".mpg", ".mpeg", ".3gp"], "DOCUMENTS": [".oxps", ".epub", ".pages", ".docx", ".doc", ".fdf", ".ods", ".odt", ".pwi", ".xsn", ".xps", ".dotx", ".docm", ".dox", ".rvg", ".rtf", ".rtfd", ".wpd", ".xls", ".xlsx", ".ppt", "pptx"], "ARCHIVES": [".a", ".ar", ".cpio", ".iso", ".tar", ".gz", ".rz", ".7z", ".dmg", ".rar", ".xar", ".zip"], "AUDIO": [".aac", ".aa", ".aac", ".dvf", ".m4a", ".m4b", ".m4p", ".mp3", ".msv", "ogg", "oga", ".raw", ".vox", ".wav", ".wma"], "PLAINTEXT": [".txt", ".in", ".out"], "PDF": [".pdf"], "PYTHON": [".py"], "XML": [".xml"], "EXE": [".exe"], "SHELL": [".sh"] }
- Mapping: Now we will map the file formats with the directory.
FILE_FORMATS = {file_format: directory for directory, file_formats in DIRECTORIES.items() for file_format in file_formats}
- Here, we map file extensions with the directory.
def organize_junk(): for entry in os.scandir(): if entry.is_dir(): continue file_path = Path(entry) file_format = file_path.suffix.lower() if file_format in FILE_FORMATS: directory_path = Path(FILE_FORMATS[file_format]) directory_path.mkdir(exist_ok=True) file_path.rename(directory_path.joinpath(file_path)) for dir in os.scandir(): try: os.rmdir(dir) except: pass
- The above function will check for the existing directory for the same name we defined. If the existing directory is found then it will continue or else a new directory is created. And it will categorize all the files based on the extension in the appropriate folder.
- Organizing: Following is the code for Python Lazy Junk Files Organizer. It will organize everything in the appropriate folder in a single go and remove empty directories.
python
import os
from pathlib import Path
DIRECTORIES = {
"HTML" : [ ".html5" , ".html" , ".htm" , ".xhtml" ],
"IMAGES" : [ ".jpeg" , ".jpg" , ".tiff" , ".gif" , ".bmp" , ".png" , ".bpg" , "svg" ,
".heif" , ".psd" ],
"VIDEOS" : [ ".avi" , ".flv" , ".wmv" , ".mov" , ".mp4" , ".webm" , ".vob" , ".mng" ,
".qt" , ".mpg" , ".mpeg" , ".3gp" ],
"DOCUMENTS" : [ ".oxps" , ".epub" , ".pages" , ".docx" , ".doc" , ".fdf" , ".ods" ,
".odt" , ".pwi" , ".xsn" , ".xps" , ".dotx" , ".docm" , ".dox" ,
".rvg" , ".rtf" , ".rtfd" , ".wpd" , ".xls" , ".xlsx" , ".ppt" ,
"pptx" ],
"ARCHIVES" : [ ".a" , ".ar" , ".cpio" , ".iso" , ".tar" , ".gz" , ".rz" , ".7z" ,
".dmg" , ".rar" , ".xar" , ".zip" ],
"AUDIO" : [ ".aac" , ".aa" , ".aac" , ".dvf" , ".m4a" , ".m4b" , ".m4p" , ".mp3" ,
".msv" , "ogg" , "oga" , ".raw" , ".vox" , ".wav" , ".wma" ],
"PLAINTEXT" : [ ".txt" , ".in" , ".out" ],
"PDF" : [ ".pdf" ],
"PYTHON" : [ ".py" ],
"XML" : [ ".xml" ],
"EXE" : [ ".exe" ],
"SHELL" : [ ".sh" ]
} FILE_FORMATS = {file_format: directory
for directory, file_formats in DIRECTORIES.items()
for file_format in file_formats}
def organize_junk():
for entry in os.scandir():
if entry.is_dir():
continue
file_path = Path(entry)
file_format = file_path.suffix.lower()
if file_format in FILE_FORMATS:
directory_path = Path(FILE_FORMATS[file_format])
directory_path.mkdir(exist_ok = True )
file_path.rename(directory_path.joinpath(file_path))
for dir in os.scandir():
try :
os.rmdir( dir )
except :
pass
if __name__ = = "__main__" :
organize_junk()
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- Save the above script as orgjunk.py. For example, you want to organize files at desktop then copy and paste the orgjunk.py at Desktop and run.
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