Simple python cli application to construct directories according to specifications.

standard_folders.py

import os
import click


def read_file(filename):
    with open(filename) as in_file:
         for line in in_file:
             if line.strip() != '':
                 yield line.strip()


@click.command()
@click.argument('template', type=click.Path(), required=True)
@click.argument('root', type=click.Path(), required=False)
def create(template, root):
    """ Creates a directory structure according to a given template.

    Parameters
    ----------
    template : string
        filename of template file. template file is a text file
        where each line represents a folder uses a relative path notation.
        e.g. /path/to/somewhere

    root : string
        Path in which the folders will be created. If None provided, will use
        current working directory.

    Usage
    -----
        $ python standard_folders.py template.txt project/


    """
    print("Starting.")
    if root is None:
        root = os.getcwd()
        print(root)
    for item in read_file(template):
        if not os.path.exists(item):
            filename = os.path.join(root, item)
            print("Making folder... {}".format(filename))
            os.makedirs(filename, mode=755)
    print("Done.")


if __name__ == '__main__':
    create()

standard_folders_input.txt

audio
audio/music
audio/meditation
audio/podcasts
audio/talks
video
video/movies
video/talks
video/lectures