https://github.com/sreekaransrinath/file_organizer

A script that looks through any folder you tell it to and moves the files to respective subfolders based on the file type.
https://github.com/sreekaransrinath/file_organizer

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A script that looks through any folder you tell it to and moves the files to respective subfolders based on the file type.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/sreekaransrinath/file_organizer
• Owner: sreekaransrinath
• Created: 2019-09-19T17:13:44.000Z (about 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-05-05T16:21:53.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-01T20:49:43.326Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: hacktoberfest
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 172 KB
• Stars: 19
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 20
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
# **File Organizer**

or 'Organizer' if you prefer.

## Table Of Contents:

### 1.  [Overview](#overview)

### 2.  [Syntax](#syntax)

### 3.  [Supported File types](#supported-file-types)

---

## Overview

Arranges files into folders based on their extension type.

No dependencies or additional libraries required.

[![forthebadge made-with-python](http://ForTheBadge.com/images/badges/made-with-python.svg)](https://www.python.org/)

---

## Syntax

1. Start your favorite Command-Line program, in **administrator** or **sudo** mode as per your Operating System.

2. Change your current directory, to where the project is saved.

3. Copy paths of your Source and Destination Folders

   **Source Folder** ---> Where your files are stored to be organised.

   **Destination Folder** ---> Where you want your files to be organised.

4. For Linux based systems,

```bash

python3 fileorganizer_linux.py  

```

   For Windows systems,

```shell

python fileorganizer_windows.py  

```

5. Replace the **'source_folder'** and **'destination_folder'** in the commands as per your choice.

6. Let it run !

7. You might be asked a few questions, if there is a possibility of overwriting. Answer corresponding to your required action.

---

## Supported File Types

There are around **1406** extensions currently supported.

### 1. Documents

### 2. Financial Records

### 3. Media 

   - Adobe - AfterEffects

   - Adobe - Director

   - Audio

   - Audio Editing

   - Images

   - Playlist

   - Video

   - Video Editing

### 4. Other

   - Compressed

   - Desktop-Publishing

   - Disc

   - Encoded

   - Encrypted

   - Executable

   - Fonts

   - Internet-related

   - VMs (Virtual Machines)

### 5. Programming

   - ABAP

   - AGS Script

   - AMPL

   - ANTLR

   - APL

   - ASP

   - ActionScript

   - Ada

   - Agda

   - Alloy

   - AppleScript

   - Arc

   - Arduino

   - AspectJ

   - Assembly

   - Augeas

   - AutoHotKey

   - AutoIt

   - Awk

   - Batch File

   - Befunge

   - Bison

   - BlitzBasic

   - BlitzMax

   - Bluespec

   - Boo

   - BrightScript

   - Bro

   - C

   - C#

   - C++

   - C2hs Haskell

   **Currently in development stage**

   

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