using-formatted-filenames-to-generate-folders

Using Formatted Filenames to Generate Folders

• Prerequisites
• Setup
• Running the Script
• Configuration

Prerequisites

• A complete install of Python 3.x.
• Under Downloads, the properly formatted files.

Formatted Files:

report-working with ai.txt
sales-2007.txt
2008-requirements.txt

You'll notice that the files names start with a word or number, followed by a dash, and end with a word or number.

The script isn't exclusive to just .txt. We can work with any file type, as long as the filename is properly formatted.

Setup

1. Under your USERPROFILE, extract using-formatted-filenames-to-generate-folders-main.zip.

Example:

C:\Users\nso89\using-formatted-filenames-to-generate-folders-main

Running the Script

1. Open cmd.exe and change the directory to the using-formatted-filenames-to-generate-folders-main folder.

Example:

C:\Users\nso89>cd using-formatted-filenames-to-generate-folders-main

2. Start the main.py script.

Example:

C:\Users\nso89\using-formatted-filenames-to-generate-folders-main>python main.py

3. It takes the word before the hyphen, and generates a folder. It then renames and moves the file to that folder.

Example:

Renaming ..\Downloads\2008-requirements.txt --> ..\Downloads\2008\requirements.txt
Renaming ..\Downloads\report-working with ai.txt --> ..\Downloads\Report\working-with-ai.txt
Renaming ..\Downloads\sales-2007.txt --> ..\Downloads\Sales\2007.txt

Configuration

If you need to change the SOURCE or the DELIMITER:

1. Open the main.py script in any text editor.
2. Locate the SOURCE and DELIMITER variable.

Example:

SOURCE = Path.home().joinpath("Downloads")
DELIMITER = "-"

3. When you finish changing the variables, save and close the editor.