Sorty
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A file sorting magician in your command line. Sorty sorts files in a
folder by their extensions and organizes stuff. Sorty is built in Python
and works cross platform.
Why Sorty?
~~~~~~~~~~
Sorty shouldn't be used in project folders or code folders. It's better
for organising folders like Downloads, Pictures, Trip Media etc.
For example, we download a lot of stuff in our computers. Most of the
time, our download folder is a mess.
But worry not because Sorty is here!. Sorty sorts your files based on
your extensions and groups similar files together. So your program setup
files are in one folder, your PDF documents are in one, and your
downloaded songs are in another. You can then rename these folders to
suit yourself.
Another Example, whenever we go out for a holiday or a trip, we take a
lot of pictures and videos. But when we import our files from our Camera
or Smartphone, the videos and pictures are grouped together. And
separating them takes time especially when we have many files. Again,
Sorty to the rescue!. Sorty will group your videos separately and your
pictures separately.
Installation
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cross Platform
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You need to have Python installed for this method. It will work on
Windows, Unix/Linux and Mac OS X.
Use ``pip`` to install:
::
pip install sorty
Installer
^^^^^^^^^
The Installer is coming soon for Windows. It will be a small exe that
you need to place in your system folder and you are good to go.
Linux and Mac OS X don't get a compiled executable because Python is pre
installed in these systems
Usage
~~~~~
Navigate to the Folder which you want to sort in your Terminal/Command
Prompt
Enter the following command:
::
sorty
And the Magic will start. By default Sorty does not sort files contained
in subfolders but if you want that, just add the ``--topdown`` argument
so that the command becomes:
::
sorty --topdown
Alternatively instead of navigating to the folder, you can let sorty do
that for you using the ``directory`` argument.
::
sorty -d "C:\Pictures" --topdown
Dependencies
~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you have Python >2.7 and >3.2 then there are no external
dependencies. To Support Python 2.5 - 2.6 and 3.0 - 3.1, the
``argparse`` module is required. If you are installing using pip then
don't worry, everything will be installed automatically.
About
~~~~~
Created By Pradipta. Copyright 2015 MIT Licensed.
