Batch Sorting

Using python to generate a bat script of repetitive lines of code that differ in some way but can sort out a group of audio files according to their common names

The problem was...

I had a bunch of files which after decompressing were not sorted in thier folders as i expected them to be
I also could not create a folder for each group of audio files and move each group of files into thier respective
folders...

The approach...

1. I knew how to move one file using the command line
2. But I did not know how to fully use batch scripting to move all files at once.
3. I also knew how to use python to generate any file I want as it
   is just a matter of using the right filename extension.
4. So, I worte a python script that generated a batch script that contained the
   commands needed to move all the files into their respective folder groups.

What the script does...

1. the script generates a list of all the names of audio files I needed to sort
2. Then, for each filename the script attaches the batch command needed to:

• first create a folder with the current filename and
• move all files with that name into the folder.

Caveat:

The script generated is not generic and can not be used for other audio files

The python Script can be found here

Here's a quick demo of how it worked