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Automatically recreates a directory tree from a filelist, using divider characters to define folder paths.
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| #!/usr/bin/env python3 | |
| # Written by OpenAI (GPT 4): https://chat.openai.com/share/b7a9d856-7509-460d-85b3-3e5f07161e55 | |
| import argparse | |
| import os | |
| import shutil | |
| def process_files(output_folder, divider, file_names): | |
| if not os.path.exists(output_folder): | |
| os.makedirs(output_folder) | |
| for file_name in file_names: | |
| if divider in file_name: | |
| parts = file_name.split(divider) | |
| actual_file_name = parts[-1] | |
| folder_structure = os.path.join(output_folder, *parts[:-1]) | |
| if not os.path.exists(folder_structure): | |
| os.makedirs(folder_structure) | |
| shutil.copy(file_name, os.path.join(folder_structure, actual_file_name)) | |
| else: | |
| shutil.copy(file_name, os.path.join(output_folder, file_name)) | |
| print("Folder structure created successfully.") | |
| def main(): | |
| parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Recreate a directory tree based on file names.") | |
| parser.add_argument("-o", "--output", default="output", help="Output folder where the directory tree will be created.") | |
| parser.add_argument("-d", "--divider", default="-", help="Character used as a directory divider in file names.") | |
| parser.add_argument("files", nargs="+", help="List of files to process.") | |
| args = parser.parse_args() | |
| process_files(args.output, args.divider, args.files) | |
| if __name__ == "__main__": | |
| main() |
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