Simple movie sorter

movie-sorter.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
'''
Movie sorter
'''


import os
import shutil
import sys


path = sys.argv[1]
letters = []
for dir in next(os.walk(path))[1]:
    if dir.startswith("the ".lower()):
        temp_dir = dir.split(" ")
        first_char = temp_dir[1][0]
    elif dir.startswith("the_".lower()):
        temp_dir = dir.replace("_", " ").lower().split(" ")
        first_char = temp_dir[1][0]
    else:
        first_char = dir[0]
    if first_char not in letters:
        letters.append(first_char)
        new_dir_path = os.path.join(path, first_char.upper())
        if not os.path.exists(new_dir_path):
            print("INFO: Making directory: {0}".format(
                new_dir_path))
            os.mkdir(new_dir_path)
    else:
        new_dir_path = os.path.join(path, first_char.upper())
    print("Moving {0}{1} to {2}".format(path, dir, new_dir_path))
    try:
        shutil.move(os.path.join(path, dir), new_dir_path)
    except Exception as err:
        print("ERROR: {0}".format(str(err)))