CODEWITHSUNDEEP
python
Anekdotin
Anekdotin

Reputation: 1591

Python match filenames and put in a folder

Im trying to match all filenames in a folder, and put them into there own seperate folder with the name of the files. Heres an example:

2015-05-14#6449618a-f819-4d71-83ad-a1e4c2fe9bc1.csv
2015-05-14#6449618a-f819-4d71-83ad-a1e4c2fe9bc1.xml
2015-05-14#6449618a-f819-4d71-83ad-a1e4c2fe9bc1.doc
2015-05-14#6449618a-f819-4d71-83ad-a1e4c2fe9bc1.dox

2015-05-14#7449618a-f819-4d71-83ad-a1e4c2fe9bc1.csv
2015-05-14#7459618a-f819-4d71-83ad-a1e4c2fe9bc1.xml
2015-05-14#7459618a-f819-4d71-83ad-a1e4c2fe9bc1.doc
2015-05-14#7459618a-f819-4d71-83ad-a1e4c2fe9bc1.doc

I want to group these files into a folder, with the foldername being 

2015-05-14#7449618a-f819-4d71-83ad-a1e4c2fe9bc1
2015-05-14#6449618a-f819-4d71-83ad-a1e4c2fe9bc1

Keep in mind there are hundreds of these files in a folder, I am trying to make them neater :)

What I got so far..

for file in os.listdir(src_path):
    if not os.path.isdir(dest_path + file.split("-")[:11]):
       os.mkdir(dest_path + file.split("-")[0])
shutil.copy(src_path + file, dest_path + file.split("-")[:11])

My thoughts were to match the first 11 digits..

Upvotes: 3

Views: 93

Answers (2)

Rolf of Saxony
Rolf of Saxony

Reputation: 22443

I think that you would be better off running with:

file.rsplit(".",1)[0]

which would give you the path name to use for your directory.
The reason for using rsplit rather than split is just in case your files names have more than one full-stop in them
Note that you could achieve the same result with: 

file.rpartition(".")[0]

Upvotes: 1

idjaw
idjaw

Reputation: 26578

If you are looking to extract this:

2015-05-14#7449618a-f819-4d71-83ad-a1e4c2fe9bc1

You could grab the folder name you want much easier by simply splitting on the dot using splitext from os.path:

fname, fext = os.path.splitext('2015-05-14#6449618a-f819-4d71-83ad-a1e4c2fe9bc1.csv')

fname will hold 2015-05-14#7449618a-f819-4d71-83ad-a1e4c2fe9bc1 fext will hold csv

Extra bit of information. Refrain from using file, it is a built-in for Python: https://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#file

It could lead to problems. Try fname or simply f.

Upvotes: 1

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