Unpack Student Projects from a Teaching Solution to Sub Folders for Each Student

assignment_unpack.py

import os 
import sys
import time
import shutil 
import subprocess

# ENSURE YOUR FEEDBACK FILE IS IN THE PATH SUPPLIED

path = sys.argv[1] #full path should go here
module_code = sys.argv[2] 

dir_contents = os.listdir(path)

for content in dir_contents:   
    full_path = os.path.join(path, content)
    print(full_path)
    if not os.path.isdir(full_path) and not content.startswith('.') and content.startswith(module_code):
            student_path = content[0:62] #compare initial attempts
            student_files = [x for x in dir_contents if student_path in x and not x.startswith('.')] #find all similar files
            print(student_files)
            student_folder = os.path.join(path, "folder_{}".format(student_path))
            try:
                print("Creating {}".format(student_folder))
                os.makedirs(student_folder, exist_ok=True) #make folder and move contents of student work in
                shutil.copyfile(os.path.join(path, "feedback.md"), os.path.join(student_folder, "feedback.md"))
                for original in student_files:
                    print("Moving {} to {}".format(original, student_folder))    
                    shutil.move(os.path.join(path, original), os.path.join(student_folder, original)) #os rename fails for directories
            except OSError as e:
                print(e)
                print("folder exists or permissions need fixing")
            
    print("---------")