organize_your_folder.py

###script that organizes your folder by creating sub folders for each category

import os
import sys
from pathlib import Path
 
DIRECTORIES = {
    "HTML": [".html5", ".html", ".htm", ".xhtml"],
    "IMAGES": [".jpeg", ".jpg", ".tiff", ".gif", ".bmp", ".png", ".bpg", "svg",
               ".heif", ".psd"],
    "VIDEOS": [".avi", ".flv", ".wmv", ".mov", ".mp4", ".webm", ".vob", ".mng",
               ".qt", ".mpg", ".mpeg", ".3gp"],
    "DOCUMENTS": [".oxps", ".epub", ".pages", ".docx", ".doc", ".fdf", ".ods",
                  ".odt", ".pwi", ".xsn", ".xps", ".dotx", ".docm", ".dox",
                  ".rvg", ".rtf", ".rtfd", ".wpd", ".xls", ".xlsx", ".ppt",
                  "pptx"],
    "ARCHIVES": [".a", ".ar", ".cpio", ".iso", ".tar", ".gz", ".rz", ".7z",
                 ".dmg", ".rar", ".xar", ".zip"],
    "AUDIO": [".aac", ".aa", ".aac", ".dvf", ".m4a", ".m4b", ".m4p", ".mp3",
              ".msv", "ogg", "oga", ".raw", ".vox", ".wav", ".wma"],
    "PLAINTEXT": [".txt", ".in", ".out"],
    "PDF": [".pdf"],
    "PYTHON": [".py"],
    "XML": [".xml", ".csv"],
    "EXE": [".exe"],
    "SHELL": [".sh"]
 
}
 
FILE_FORMATS = {file_format: directory
                for directory, file_formats in DIRECTORIES.items()
                for file_format in file_formats}
 
def organize_junk(dir_to_work):
    for entry in os.scandir(path=dir_to_work):
        if entry.is_dir():
            continue
        file_path = Path(entry)
        
        file_only = os.path.basename(file_path)
        #print(file_only)
        file_format = file_path.suffix.lower()
        if file_format in FILE_FORMATS:
            directory_path = Path(dir_to_work + '\\' + FILE_FORMATS[file_format])
            #directory_path = os.path.join(dir_to_work, directory_path) 
            #print(directory_path)
            directory_path.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
            #print(directory_path.joinpath(file_only))
            file_path.rename(directory_path.joinpath(file_only))
 
        #for dir in os.scandir():
            #try:
                #os.rmdir(dir)
            #except:
                #pass
 
if __name__ == "__main__":
    dir_to_work = sys.argv[1]
    #dir_to_work = r'C:\Python_practice_scripts'
    organize_junk(dir_to_work)