Sorts acoustics records into folders to make management easier.

acoustics_sorter.py

import os
import re

cwd = os.getcwd()
fnames = os.listdir(cwd)

# Find the log files
log_pattern = re.compile('^.*log.txt')
log_files = filter(log_pattern.search, fnames)

# Make a directory for each group of files
for group in log_files:
    dname = group.split('log.txt')[0]
    os.mkdir(dname)

# Move all files matching the search string into the corresponding directory
for group in log_files:
    dname = group.split('log.txt')[0]
    file_pattern = re.compile('^%s.*'%dname)
    files_to_move = filter(file_pattern.search, fnames)
    for file in files_to_move:
        file_old_path = cwd + '/' + file
        file_new_path = cwd + '/' + dname + '/' + file
        print file_old_path, "  -->  ", file_new_path
        os.rename(file_old_path,file_new_path)