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Quickly sort all photos (or files) by modification dates in subdirectories
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from __future__ import print_function, division | |
import os | |
import shutil | |
import time | |
count = 0 | |
unsortable_directory = "unsorted" | |
print("Sort Photos") | |
files = [f for f in os.listdir(".") if os.path.isfile(f)] | |
# Do not count this script in the total count | |
total = len(files) - 1 | |
for f in files: | |
if not str(f).endswith(".py"): | |
print(f"{count}/{total}: {f}", end='\r') | |
date = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d", time.localtime(os.path.getmtime(f))) | |
# Make sure the directory exists | |
if not os.path.exists(date): | |
os.makedirs(date) | |
# In Windows, if a file already exists in the destination directory, an exception will be thrown | |
try: | |
shutil.move(f, date) | |
except shutil.Error: | |
if not os.path.exists(unsortable_directory): | |
os.makedirs(unsortable_directory) | |
# If even then the file already exists in the unsortable directory, we can delete | |
try: | |
shutil.move(f, unsortable_directory) | |
except shutil.Error: | |
os.remove(f) | |
count += 1 |
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