Added python script for organizing a directory

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#!/usr/bin/python3
import argparse
import os
def path():
parse = argparse.ArgumentParser(
add_help=True, description="Organize your files to different directories according to their type")
parse.add_argument('directory_path', type=str, default='./',
help="The absolute path to the directory")
return parse.parse_args().directory_path
documents = ['.log', '.txt', '.doc', '.docx', '.md', '.pdf', '.wps']
picture = ['.png', '.jpg', 'jpeg', '.bmp']
music = ['.mp3', '.wav']
compressed = ['.zip', '.rar', '.tar', '.gz', '.bz2', '.xz']
video = ['.3gp', '.mov', '.mp4', '.mkv', '.srt', '.avi']
web = ['.html', .'.css', '.js']
source = ['.py', '.c', '.cpp', '.java',]
directories = [path() + '/Compressed', path() + '/Documents',
path() + '/Pictures', path() + '/Music', path() + '/Video', path() + '/Web', path() + '/Source-codes',]
print("This will organize your files to different directories according to their type!!")
print("Are you sure you want to continue? (y/n)")
flag = input('>>>')
if flag.lower() == 'y':
try:
for d in directories:
os.mkdir(d)
except FileExistsError:
pass
for files in os.listdir(path()):
dot = (files.rfind('.'))
if dot is not 0 and dot is not -1:
if files[dot:].lower() in music:
os.rename(path() + '/' + files, path() + '/Music/' + files)
if files[dot:].lower() in picture:
os.rename(path() + '/' + files, path() + '/Pictures/' + files)
if files[dot:].lower() in documents:
os.rename(path() + '/' + files, path() + '/Documents/' + files)
if files[dot:].lower() in compressed:
os.rename(path() + '/' + files, path() +
'/Compressed/' + files)
if files[dot:].lower() in video:
os.rename(path() + '/' + files, path() + '/Video/' + files)
if files[dot:].lower() in web:
os.rename(path() + '/' + files, path() + '/Web/' + files)
if files[dot:].lower() in source:
os.rename(path() + '/' + files, path() + '/Source-codes/' + files)
for d in directories:
if os.listdir(d) is None:
os.removedirs(d)
else:
print("Exiting")
os.sys.exit(0)

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# Directory-organizer
Organises the files in the given directory according to their type(common extensions).
Unrecognized extensions are kept in the parent directory itself while others are moved to respective new directories like 'Pictures' etc.
usage: Directory-oraganiser.py [-h] path_to_the_directory