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November 26, 2018 14:46
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This Python script will walk a specified sourcedir and copies files it finds and copies them into a specified destination folder subfolder using the file's extension
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from shutil import copyfile | |
import os | |
count = 0 | |
destinationdir = '' | |
sourcedir = '' | |
for (dirname, dirs, files) in os.walk(sourcedir): | |
for file in files: | |
filename, file_extension = os.path.splitext(file) | |
file_extension = file_extension.strip(".") | |
extension_path = destinationdir + '\\' + file_extension | |
if (os.path.isdir(extension_path) == False): | |
try: | |
print ('Creating ' + extension_path) | |
os.mkdir(extension_path) | |
except: | |
print ('Failed to create ' + extension_path) | |
try: | |
print ('Copying ' + dirname + '\\' + file + ' to ' + extension_path + '\\' + filename) | |
copyfile(dirname + '\\' + file,extension_path + '\\' + file) | |
except IOError as e: | |
print('Unable to copy' + filename + ' to ' + extension_path) |
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