Automating the process of sorting files in my downloads folder by file type.

Overview

downloads-folder-automation

Automating the process of sorting files in a user's downloads folder on Windows by file type.

This script iterates through the files in the downloads folder and moves them to their respective sub-folders. If the sub-folder does not exist, it is created then the files moved into it.

Prerequisites

This script requires Python to be installed for it to run. To install Python, click here.

Usage

From a terminal, navigate into the project directory.

$ cd downloads-folder-automation

To run the script:

$ python downloads_folder_sorter.py

To have the script run automatically, configure it in Windows Task Scheduler according to this tutorial.

Contributing

Please read HOW_TO_CONTRIBUTE.md for details on submitting pull requests.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT license - see the LICENCE.md for details.

Acknowledgement

I drew a lot of inspiration for this script from Nitish Sharma's medium article.

Owner
Eric Mahasi
Python developer. Data science enthusiast.
Eric Mahasi
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