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You will need python 3 or newer to run this script, save as anything you want in the folder to clean, run, enjoy the result.
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import os | |
#Check and/or create directory 'dirname'. | |
def make_dir(dirname): | |
if os.path.isdir(dirname) != True: | |
os.mkdir(dirname) | |
#Check and/or rename file 'fr' to 'to' | |
def move_file(fr, to): | |
if os.path.isfile(to) != True: | |
os.rename(fr, to) | |
#Get current execution location. | |
take = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) | |
#Base folder for 'trash'. | |
give = os.path.join(take, "cleanedUp") | |
make_dir(give) | |
#Remove if wanted, not necesery. { | |
give = os.path.join(give, os.path.basename(take)) | |
make_dir(give) | |
#} | |
#Simply for luxary and information. | |
print("Hello user, would you like to clean your desktop?") | |
print("Well ofcourse you do, why else would you run this script, now please wait.") | |
print("Cleaning", take) | |
#Traverse through 'take' directory. | |
for name in os.listdir(take): | |
if (os.path.isdir(name) != True) and (name != os.path.basename(__file__)): | |
splited = name.split('.') | |
#Move the files. | |
#In case the file dosen't have extension, use 'typeless' word for folder. | |
if len(splited) == 1: | |
make_dir(os.path.join(give, "typeless")) | |
move_file(os.path.join(take, name), os.path.join(give, "typeless", name)) | |
else: | |
make_dir(os.path.join(give, splited[len(splited)-1])) | |
move_file(os.path.join(take, name), os.path.join(give, splited[len(splited)-1], name)) | |
#Output the data. | |
print(name, "Moved to " + os.path.join(give, splited[len(splited)-1], name)) | |
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Nice, made some revisions in my fork if you like to merge them! (https://gist.github.com/rasbt/9669548/f0e3df06c2fab8d5d230e16612e2adbe24f02e45)