With this script we can make a new directory and move files with a given ending into the directory.
This was not a task in the book, but just something I thought of solving. Quite interesting to know what you could do with string operations like “startWith” and “endWith”.
# creates new directory and moves python script files into the newly created directory
# Usage python mvdir.py
import os
import sys
import shutil
# TODO: GET ENDING AND DESTINATION STRINGS
if len(sys.argv) >= 4:
ending = sys.argv[1]
source = sys.argv[2]
destination = sys.argv[3]
destination = os.path.abspath(destination)
source = os.path.abspath(source)
exception = None
if len(sys.argv) == 5:
exception = sys.argv[4]
# CREATE NEW DIRECTORY IF DOES NOT EXISTS ELSE JUST MOVE
if os.path.exists(source) and os.path.isdir(source):
if not os.path.exists(destination):
os.mkdir(destination)
for filename in os.listdir(source):
if filename.endswith(ending):
#LIST ALL FILES AND MOVE ONLY THOSE ENDING WITH
if exception == None or (exception and exception not in filename):
shutil.move(os.path.abspath(filename), destination)
print("{} file was moved to {}".format(
filename, destination))
else:
print("File {} was not moved".format(filename))
else:
print("File {} does not end with {}".format(filename, ending))
else:
print("Source does not exist")
else:
print("Usage: python mvdir.py ")
