dimkanio / files_collector

collect any files from one directory and subdirectories to one output directory (by extension)

files_collector

collect any files from one directory and subdirectories to one output directory (by extension)

python 2.7

How to use?

Run files_collector.py with args:

usage: files_collector.py [-h] [-in ROOT_DIR] [-out OUT_DIR] [-ext EXT_PATTERN] [-act COPY_OR_MOVE]

optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -in ROOT_DIR, --root_dir ROOT_DIR input directory (root) -out OUT_DIR, --out_dir OUT_DIR output directory -ext EXT_PATTERN, --ext_pattern EXT_PATTERN files extension (by default .) -act COPY_OR_MOVE, --copy_or_move COPY_OR_MOVE type of action: c - copy, m - move

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-in - is argument for input directory path -out - is argument for output directory path -ext - is argument for files extension (by default .) -act - is argument for type of action: c - copy, m - move (by default copy)

This script uses cmd progress bar: [====================================================================================================] 100.0% ... completed!

Examples (using cmd):

d:\files_collector>files_collector.py -in c:\tmp\ -out d:\collection -ext *.mp3 -act c

• this command copy all *mp3 files from "c:\tmp" and subdirectories to "d:\collection"

d:\files_collector>files_collector.py -in c:\tmp\ -out d:\collection -ext *.mp3 -act m

• this command move all *mp3 files from "c:\tmp" and subdirectories to "d:\collection"

d:\files_collector>files_collector.py -in c:\tmp\ -out d:\collection

• this command copy all files from "c:\tmp" and subdirectories to "d:\collection"