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recursively walk directories and move files to a single output directory
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| import glob | |
| import os | |
| import shutil | |
| import datetime | |
| import random | |
| import string | |
| FILE_DIR = "P:\\original\\" | |
| OUTPUT_DIR = "P:\\destination\\" | |
| files = [] | |
| def get_random_string(string_len=10): | |
| letters = string.ascii_lowercase | |
| return ''.join(random.choice(letters) for i in range(string_len)) | |
| suffix_list = [] | |
| for root, d, file_list in os.walk(FILE_DIR): | |
| for file in file_list: | |
| files.append(os.path.join(root, file)) | |
| error_files = [] | |
| for file in files: | |
| fn, suffix = os.path.splitext(file) | |
| file_path, file_name = os.path.split(os.path.abspath(file)) | |
| random_string = get_random_string() | |
| cleaned_file_name = file_name.replace(" ", '.').replace(suffix, '') | |
| # inserting random string in case some files have the same name from different directories | |
| dest = "{}\\{}.{}{}".format(file_path, cleaned_file_name, random_string, suffix) | |
| try: | |
| os.rename(file, dest) | |
| shutil.move(dest, OUTPUT_DIR) | |
| except: | |
| error_files.append(file) | |
| #print out any files that didn't get moved | |
| print('\n'.join(error_files)) |
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