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Created February 4, 2020 17:43
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Reorganize files by creation date
#!/usr/bin/python3
import os, time, shutil, sys
dir = sys.argv[1]
os.chdir(dir)
for f in os.listdir('.'):
ftime = time.gmtime(os.path.getmtime(f))
ctime_dir = str(ftime.tm_year) '-' str(ftime.tm_mon) '-' str(ftime.tm_mday)
if not os.path.isdir(ctime_dir):
os.mkdir(ctime_dir)
dst = ctime_dir '/' f
shutil.move(f, dst);
print('File' f 'has been moved to' dst)
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