varun325 / python_script_to_manage_your_folders_automatically

Python script which can run in the background to unclutter your folders.

Python Script to manage your folders automatically

This Script can run in back ground and move files to different folders based upon file types

In this example we have managed the download folder

Custom editing steps:

•    #change
     folder = "/Downloads"
     #to
     folder = "/Your/folder"

• You can add extra conditions or modify the existing ones and change the folder names if you know your way around python for. example:

  •   folder ="/Downloads"
      #folder ="/Your/folder"
      home = Path.home()
      
      #Replace "/Books" with the destination folder
      #You can also replace books with a different variable name
      if not os.path.exists(str(home)+folder+"/Books"):
          os.makedirs(str(home)+folder+"/Books")
    
      book = str(home)+folder+"/Books"
      #instead of ".epub", you can mention other formats as well
      files = [i for i in os.listdir(src) if path.isfile(path.join(src, i))]
      for f in files:
          if f.endswith(".epub") or f.endswith(".EPUB"):
              shutil.move(path.join(src, f), path.join(book,f))

Making the script run in background(LINUX {UBUNTU})

we are using crontab to run script in background

• copy the contents to /bin

  •   user@machine:~$ sudo cp -i /your/file/path/watch.py /bin 

• open crontab, select 1 to 4 if you haven't assigned any

  •   user@machine:~$ sudo crontab -e

• Add the given line to your crontab

  •   @reboot sudo -u username python3 /bin/watch.py

• Reboot the system

  •   user@machine:~$ reboot

Making the script run in background(Windows)

we are using pythonw.exe to run script in background

• copy the watchWin.pyw to

  •    C:\Users\current_user\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\

• run %appdata if you can't find AppData in User directory
• add file to the windows registry folder by running the appRegistry.py script

  •    C:\Your\File\Path> python3 appRegistry.py

• on startup windows will execute (Windows does this automatically, it's here just for explanation)

  •    C:\Users\current_user\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup> pythonw.exe watchWin.pyw

• Reboot the system

Happy Scripting 💻 ❤️