organize-by-mtime

Run

$ organize-by-mtime -h

for help.

Example usage

Given a directory like this:

• example/
  • 2013-03-02.jpg
  • .dotfile
  • subdir/
    • 2001-07-14.jpg
    • 2004-12-08.jpg

$ ls
example/
$ organize-by-mtime --oldest --strip=1 --not-pattern='*~' --not-pattern='.*' --output-dir=output example
move "example/2013-03-02.jpg" "output/2013/2013-03-02.jpg"
move "example/subdir/2001-07-14.jpg" "output/2001/subdir/2001-07-14.jpg"
move "example/subdir/2004-12-08.jpg" "output/2001/subdir/2004-12-08.jpg"
$

cf. e.g. --strip=0 (or no strip in other words):

$ organize-by-mtime --oldest --not-pattern='*~' --not-pattern='.*' --output-dir=output example
move "example/2013-03-02.jpg" "output/2013/example/2013-03-02.jpg"
move "example/subdir/2001-07-14.jpg" "output/2001/example/subdir/2001-07-14.jpg"
move "example/subdir/2004-12-08.jpg" "output/2001/example/subdir/2004-12-08.jpg"

Results in a output folder like this:

• output/
  • 2001/
    • subdir/
      • 2001-07-14.jpg
      • 2004-12-08.jpg
  • 2013/
    • 2013-03-02.jpg

Missing directories will be created, but files will be moved, so take care! There's a dry run (-d, --dry-run) option, use it to preview changes. Files will not be overwritten unless you use --force.

License

MIT, see LICENSE.

Copyright (c) 2016, Marek Baczyñski