download-organizer 1.2

A Python script to organize your downloads folder by file extensions and watch for new files.

Download Organizer

A Python script to organize your downloads folder by file extensions. It can also watch the folder for new files and automatically sort them.

Installation

[!WARNING] If you get this error: error: externally-managed-environment, run the command pip install . --break-system-packages (this may break stuff)

Using PIP

pip install download-organizer

Manual

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/at-pyrix/download-organizer.git
   cd download-organizer
   

2. Install the dependencies and the CLI tool:

   pip install .
   

Usage

Manual Sorting

To sort your downloads folder manually, run:

dlorg

Watching Downloads Folder

To watch the downloads folder and sort new files automatically, run:

dlorg --watch

Running the script at startup (linux)

To ensure the --watch script runs automatically at system startup, follow these steps:

1. Open Crontab for Editing

   Open your crontab configuration file in edit mode:

   crontab -e
   

2. Add an Entry to Run the Script at Startup

   Add the following line to the crontab file to run the dlorg command at startup:

   @reboot ~/.local/bin/dlorg --watch
   

3. Verify Crontab Entry

   Ensure that the new entry is added to the crontab:

   crontab -l
   

Custom Downloads Folder

If your downloads folder is different from the default (~/Downloads), update the folder variable in organizer.py to the desired path.

Running the Script at System Startup (Linux)

Folder Categories

The script sorts files into the following categories:

• Audio: aif, cda, mid, midi, mp3, mpa, ogg, wav, wma, flac, alac, aac, m4a
• Archive: 7z, deb, pkg, rar, rpm, tar.gz, z, zip, tar.bz2, tar.xz, gz, bz2, xz
• Code: js, jsp, html, ipynb, py, java, css, c, cpp, cs, php, rb, rs, go, pl, r, swift, ts, sql, json, yaml, xml
• Documents: ppt, pptx, pdf, xls, xlsx, doc, docx, txt, tex, epub, odt, ods, odp, rtf, md, csv
• Images: bmp, gif, ico, jpeg, jpg, png, jfif, svg, tif, tiff, webp, heic, heif, raw, psd, ai, eps
• Programs: apk, bat, bin, jar, msi, exe, appimage, run, sh
• Videos: 3gp, avi, flv, h264, mkv, mov, mp4, mpg, mpeg, wmv, webm, vob, m4v, divx, xvid
• Fonts: ttf, otf, woff, woff2, eot, pfa, pfb
• Others: any other file types

License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.