Moves/copies a number of random files from one directory to another. Only files with a file name/path that doesn’t exist in the destination directory yet are transferred.
Usage: file_mover [-h] [-c] SOURCE DESTINATION AMOUNT [-f]
Options:
-h --help Show this help text
-c --copy Copy, don’t move files
-f --force Force transfer even if there are fewer files in SOURCE than needed
$ tree testfiles
testfiles
└── src
├── Eegoo9na.txt
├── Ohng1Uec.txt
├── gah1aeK5.txt
├── ieHei3oo.txt
├── ko3Rioy4.txt
├── sbfldr1
│ ├── Ao4Oog8j.txt
│ ├── UN2eeghe.txt
│ ├── ifue0Ohf.txt
│ ├── ios2EeTh.txt
│ └── ooPibee6.txt
└── sbfldr2
├── AeRae2Ah.txt
├── Fiuth4Li.txt
├── beyoo4On.txt
├── pheiG9up.txt
└── xahTh5if.txt
3 directories, 15 files
$ file_mover.py testfiles/src testfiles/dst 7
$ tree testfiles
testfiles
├── dst
│ ├── gah1aeK5.txt
│ ├── sbfldr1
│ │ ├── Ao4Oog8j.txt
│ │ ├── ifue0Ohf.txt
│ │ └── ooPibee6.txt
│ └── sbfldr2
│ ├── AeRae2Ah.txt
│ ├── beyoo4On.txt
│ └── xahTh5if.txt
└── src
├── Eegoo9na.txt
├── Ohng1Uec.txt
├── ieHei3oo.txt
├── ko3Rioy4.txt
├── sbfldr1
│ ├── UN2eeghe.txt
│ └── ios2EeTh.txt
└── sbfldr2
├── Fiuth4Li.txt
└── pheiG9up.txt
6 directories, 15 filesFor the development version:
git clone https://github.com/jonasw234/file_mover
cd file_mover
python3 setup.py install
pip3 install -r dev-requirements.txt
For normal usage do the same but don’t include the last line or use pipx and install with
pipx install git+https://github.com/jonasw234/file_mover
If you want to have nice aliases (e.g. rcp and rmv for random copy/move), create them like this and put them in your .bashrc or .zshrc:
alias rcp='file_mover -c'
alias rmv='file_mover'