Traverse directories and move all image files (jpg, png, gif) to an "images" directory under the current location

move_images.py

import os
import shutil

def move_images(source_directory, target_directory):
    # Create the target directory if it doesn't exist
    if not os.path.exists(target_directory):
        os.makedirs(target_directory)
    
    for root, _, files in os.walk(source_directory):
        for file in files:
            if file.lower().endswith(('.jpg', '.jpeg', '.png', '.gif')):
                source_path = os.path.join(root, file)
                target_path = os.path.join(target_directory, file)
                
                # If a file with the same name already exists in the target directory,
                # append a number to the file name to make it unique
                if os.path.exists(target_path):
                    base, extension = os.path.splitext(file)
                    counter = 1
                    while os.path.exists(target_path):
                        new_file_name = f"{base}_{counter}{extension}"
                        target_path = os.path.join(target_directory, new_file_name)
                        counter += 1

                # Move the file
                shutil.move(source_path, target_path)
                print(f"Moved: {source_path} to {target_path}")

def main():
    source_directory = os.getcwd()  # Current directory
    target_directory = os.path.join(source_directory, "images")

    move_images(source_directory, target_directory)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()