Auto move files

Reorganize automatically the files in your Downloads folder.

When downloading files to your computer in the Downloads folder, you get a lot of different files in there. To keep track of what kind of files you have downloaded this script organizes the files directly after downloading.

Extension	Folder
.mp3	Music
.wav	Music
.m3u	Music
.gif	Images
.ico	Images
.jpg	Images
.jpeg	Images
.png	Images
.svg	Images
.drawio	Images
.txt	Text
.doc	Text
.docx	Text
.odt	Text
.pdf	Text
.tex	Text
.epub	Text
.flv	Video
.m4v	Video
.mkv	Video
.mov	Video
.mp4	Video
.html	Other/Internet
.css	Other/Internet
.zip	Other/Compressed
.rar	Other/Compressed
.tar.gz	Other/Compressed
.iso	Other/Disc
.dmg	Other/Disc
.csv	Other/Data
.sql	Other/Data
.json	Other/Data
.exe	Other/Executables
.apk	Other/Executables
.jar	Other/Executables
.sh	Other/Programming
.c	Other/Programming
.java	Other/Programming
.py	Other/Programming

Dependencies

Script is tested on Ubuntu 18.04, with Python3 and watchdog.

Build and run as a service

In the /lib/systemd/system folder you create your custom .service file as follows:

sudo nano auto-move-files.service

[Unit]
Description=Auto move files

[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/home/renee/CodeProjects/Auto_move_files
User=renee
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /home/renee/CodeProjects/Auto_move_files/move_files.py

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable auto-move-files.service
sudo systemctl start auto-move-files.service 
sudo systemctl status auto-move-files.service 

Check if the service is running:

● auto-move-files.service - Auto move files
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/auto-move-files.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Thu 2019-12-19 21:07:49 CET; 2s ago
 Main PID: 3453 (python3)
    Tasks: 4 (limit: 4915)
   CGroup: /system.slice/auto-move-files.service
           └─3453 /usr/bin/python3 /home/renee/CodeProjects/Auto_move_files/move_files.py

Replace file locations with your own.