Organize files based on regex rules, file extensions by default.

Installation

Using cargo (require Rust)

Install it by running

$ cargo install organize-rt

It will download & compile binary to ~/.cargo/bin. Add this directory to your path or copy binary to /usr/bin/

Compiling from source (require Rust)

Just clone this repo and build this project:

$ git clone --depth=1 https://gitlab.com/FixFromDarkness/organize-rt.git
$ cd organize-rt
$ cargo build --release

After compiling, you can use binary ./target/release/organize-rt. For example, you could copy it to /usr/bin.

Using pre-build binaries

Download binaries from GitLab release section.

Arch Linux (stable version)

Use package from AUR

Arch Linux (git version)

Clone repo and use makepkg:

$ git clone --depth=1 https://gitlab.com/FixFromDarkness/organize-rt.git
$ makepkg -sri

Fedora/CentOS

Available in COPR:

sudo dnf copr enable atim/organize-rt -y
sudo dnf install organize-rt

Usage

$ organize-rt --help
organize-rt 1.0.0
Tool for organizing files in garbage dirs like 'Downloads'

USAGE:
    organize-rt [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] --output <output> --source <source>

FLAGS:
        --dry-run      Prints where the file would move, but does not move
    -h, --help         Prints help information
    -H, --hidden       Include hidden files/directories
    -q, --quiet        Quiet run, empty output
    -r, --recursive
    -u, --undo         Undo action (require log)
    -V, --version      Prints version information
    -v, --verbose      Show more info

OPTIONS:
        --log <log-path>     Path to save/load log [default: ./organize-rt.log]
    -o, --output <output>    Output directory
    -s, --source <source>    Directory to organize

Recommended mode: organize-rt -rH

If you have several file with the same name, program will save them like file, file.COPY<id>, file.COPY<id>..., where id isn't a copy number, but a unique number. Also, program will skip all file errors like Bad permissions and print about them (if --quiet flag isn't specified).

When you run this program, after all moves it will save its actions in log (--log option, default "./organize-rt.log"). If you want to discard changes, run with --undo option. For example organize-rt --undo --log ./badrun.log will discard changes, saved in badrun.log. Some important notes about undo:

• It use absolute paths, so you can run it from anywhere.
• Due to absolute paths, you can't undid changes if output dir was moved
• It will skip errors (deleted files from output dir)
• You can delete source directory, undo mode will restore it

Example

Normal mode:

$ organize-rt -s in -o out -rH --dry-run
in/avi.avi -> out/Video/avi.avi
in/compressed.tar.bz2 -> out/Compressed/compressed.tar.bz2
in/ogg.ogg -> out/Audio/ogg.ogg
in/conf.conf -> out/Configuration/conf.conf
in/archlinux.iso -> out/ISO/archlinux.iso
in/compressed.tar.gz -> out/Compressed/compressed.tar.gz
in/dir/document.docx -> out/Documents/document.docx
in/dir/image.png -> out/Images/image.png
in/unsorted.norule -> out/Unsorted/unsorted.norule
in/.hidden.conf -> out/Configuration/.hidden.conf
in/mp3.mp3 -> out/Audio/mp3.mp3

Undo this action (# hide absolute path):

$ organize-rt --undo --dry-run
#/out/Video/avi.avi -> #/in/avi.avi
#/out/Compressed/compressed.tar.bz2 -> #/in/compressed.tar.bz2
#/out/Audio/ogg.ogg -> #/in/ogg.ogg
#/out/Configuration/conf.conf -> #/in/conf.conf
#/out/ISO/archlinux.iso -> #/in/archlinux.iso
#/out/Compressed/compressed.tar.gz -> #/in/compressed.tar.gz
#/out/Unsorted/unsorted.norule -> #/in/unsorted.norule
#/out/Audio/mp3.mp3 -> #/in/mp3.mp3

Writing own rules

Just edit ~/.config/organize-rt/organize-rt.toml. This file will appear after the first run, you can also use organize-rt.toml.default from this repository. File structure:

rules = [
#...
    [
    'REGEX',
    'OUTPUT_SUBDIR',
]
#...
]

With this rule, file, that match REGEX rule, but didn't match previous rules will move to OUTPUT_DIR/OUTPUT_SUBDIR, where OUTPUT_DIR is --output option.

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Project status

The project is alive, but I have no ideas for new functionality. Waiting for your pull request, issue or email, if you don't have GitLab account.