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Python Script To Clean Desktop.

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This little script cleans my desktop.


from os import listdir as ls,  mkdir, remove as rm
from os.path import join, isdir, exists
from shutil import copyfile as copy

"""
	I always downloads pictures and documents directly onto my desktop,
	as a result my desktop turns out to look like a recycle bin.
	This script helps me to organize these small files into directories according to their types.
	
	@author :	PhoenixR
"""

exts = {'jpg' : 'Pictures', 'png' :'Pictures', 'gif' :'Pictures', 
		'pdf' : 'Documents', 'doc':'Documents' , 'ppt' : 'Documents'}

def get_type(file) :
	if exts.has_key( file[-3:] )  :
		return exts[file[-3:]]
	else :
		return None 

def new_dir( path, file, type=None) :
	"""
		Make a new directory is the file type hasn't been recognized.
		
		Copy the file to the new directory, and remove the original copy.
	"""
	if type is None :
		return
	
	if not exists( join(path, type) ) :
		mkdir( join(path, type) )
	
	copy( join(path, file), join( path, join(type, file) ))
	print 'File %s is deleted' % join(path, file)
	rm( join(path,file) )
	
def main(root=None) :
	if root is None :
		path = '.'
	else :
		path = root
		
	files = ls(path)
	for file in files :
		if not isdir( join( path, file) ) :
			new_dir( path, file, get_type( file) )
		
if __name__ == '__main__' :
	main()
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