Create a directory for every file in the specified directory and move the file into it.

file2dir.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import os
import sys
import glob
import shutil
import argparse
from stat import *

def main(args):
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument('--directory', help='The directory to search', default=None)
    pargs = parser.parse_args(args)
    if pargs.directory is None:
        print("No directory given!")
        return 1
    print('Making one directory for each file in {}, named after the file and moving the file into it'.format(pargs.directory))
    for fn in glob.glob(pargs.directory + '/*'):
        mode = os.stat(fn).st_mode
        if S_ISREG(mode):
            print("Found file {}".format(fn))
            if not os.path.exists(fn+'_tmp'):
                try:
                    os.mkdir(fn+'_tmp')
                except:
                    print("Caught an exception with mkdir for {}".format(fn))
                try:
                    shutil.move(fn, fn+'_tmp')
                except:
                    print("Caught an exception with move for {}".format(fn))
                try:
                    os.rename(fn+'_tmp', fn)
                except:
                    print("Caught an exception with rename for {}".format(fn))
            else:
                print('Could not create temp directory for {}'.format(fn))
if __name__=='__main__':
    main(sys.argv[1:])