move_matches_to_folder3

move_matches_to_folder3.py

import os,glob
    
def __main():
    kwargs={ 
      'source_directory'      :r'D:/bin/completeddownloads/docs'
     ,'search_pattern'        :'*Success*'
     ,'dest_directory_root'   :r'D:/Users/qwerty/Documents/_user/Programming/Reference'
     ,'dest_leaf_directory'   :'Success'
    }
    move_matches_to_folder(**kwargs)
    
def move_matches_to_folder(source_directory, search_pattern, dest_directory_root, dest_leaf_directory=""):
    count=0

    #normalize paths
    dest_final_directory=os.path.abspath('{0}/{1}'.format(dest_directory_root, dest_leaf_directory))
    source_directory=os.path.abspath(source_directory)
    
    #find matching files and build final paths
    source_to_dest_filemap= \
             [(os.path.abspath(matched_source_file), 
              os.path.abspath('{0}/{1}'.format(dest_final_directory, os.path.basename(matched_source_file)))) 
                for matched_source_file 
                in glob.glob('{0}/{1}'.format(source_directory, search_pattern))]
    
    #process file map
    if source_to_dest_filemap:
        if not os.path.exists(dest_final_directory):
            os.makedirs(dest_final_directory)
        for source_file, dest_file in source_to_dest_filemap:
            os.rename(source_file, dest_file)
            print '{0} -> {1}'.format(source_file, dest_file)
            count += 1
    
    print '{0} file(s) moved'.format(count)
    
if __name__ == '__main__':
    __main()

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