Split a folder with many files into subfolders with N files. Usage: python folder_splitter.py path/to/target/folder

folder_splitter.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# @author: Peter Lamut

import argparse
import os
import shutil

N = 10  # the number of files in seach subfolder folder


def move_files(abs_dirname):
    """Move files into subdirectories."""

    files = [os.path.join(abs_dirname, f) for f in os.listdir(abs_dirname)]

    i = 0
    curr_subdir = None

    for f in files:
        # create new subdir if necessary
        if i % N == 0:
            subdir_name = os.path.join(abs_dirname, '{0:03d}'.format(i / N + 1))
            os.mkdir(subdir_name)
            curr_subdir = subdir_name

        # move file to current dir
        f_base = os.path.basename(f)
        shutil.move(f, os.path.join(subdir_name, f_base))
        i += 1


def parse_args():
    """Parse command line arguments passed to script invocation."""
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
        description='Split files into multiple subfolders.')

    parser.add_argument('src_dir', help='source directory')

    return parser.parse_args()


def main():
    """Module's main entry point (zopectl.command)."""
    args = parse_args()
    src_dir = args.src_dir

    if not os.path.exists(src_dir):
        raise Exception('Directory does not exist ({0}).'.format(src_dir))

    move_files(os.path.abspath(src_dir))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

running 'python split.py' gave me the following error usage: split.py [-h] src_dir split.py: error: the following arguments are required: src_dir
how do i fix this? please share exact code lines to fix this. i'm new to this.

It tells u it needs the scr_dir as argument

1. click on the RAW button at the top of this code window.
2. copy, paste the code, and save the file as 'folder_splitter.py'

Usage:
3. Suppose
a. you want to reorganize a folder called MESSY
b. the path to MESSY is F:\MESSY

4. copy paste 'folder_splitter.py' to F:\

5. open command prompt

6. in command prompt,
   a. move cursor to F:
   b. type the following code
   python folder_splitter.py F:\MESSY