Move files on respective folder based on first char (Python)

Question

I have this folder structure:

In mixed folder there are various file which have, as first char of the name, a digit from 0 to 9. What I want to do is to move all files which begins with 0 to the 0 folder, all which begin with 1 to 1 folder and so on..

I tried this solution but it doesn't seems to work.

Primusa · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-14T23:44:25.923

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You can use the os module.

import os
path = <path_of_main_folder>
for file in os.listdir(path + '\\mixed'):
    full_path = path + '\\mixed\\' + file
    os.rename(full_path, path + '\\' + file[0] + '\\' + file) #move from mixed to folder w/ same first char

edited Apr 14 '18 at 23:44

answered Apr 14 '18 at 23:39

Primusa

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my bad it should be `os.rename()` i got my names wrong – Primusa Apr 14 '18 at 23:45
With `os.move` it says `AttributeError: module 'os' has no attribute 'move'` – lucians Apr 14 '18 at 23:45
@Link i fixed it it should be `rename()` :) – Primusa Apr 14 '18 at 23:46

Move files on respective folder based on first char (Python)

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