{"id":2340,"date":"2017-05-19T17:24:51","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T17:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncanning.net\/wp\/?p=2340"},"modified":"2017-05-19T17:30:27","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T17:30:27","slug":"2340","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncanning.net\/wp\/?p=2340","title":{"rendered":"Installing classifier- A file sorter for Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"

Linux Format LXF244 contains a short review of Classifier, a useful piece of software for sorting files into their different types. The program can be installed through the Python pip repository via the Terminal (CTRL+ALT+T): The instructions in the magazine are simply:
\nsudo pip install classifier<\/code><\/p>\n

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\nHowever, there are a couple of pre-requisites required in order to make this work 'out of the box' (I'm using Mint 18).<\/p>\n

I had already installed Python, but if you need to do this:<\/p>\n

sudo apt-get install Python<\/code><\/p>\n

Pip is installed with Python, but may need to be upgraded. NB the code suggested here<\/a> did not work.<\/p>\n

pip install --upgrade pip <\/code><\/p>\n

Then you can install Classifier:<\/p>\n

sudo pip install classifier<\/code><\/p>\n

Help can be obtained via:<\/p>\n

classifier --help<\/code><\/p>\n

Or<\/p>\n

classifier -h<\/code><\/p>\n

This brings up the following text in the Terminal:
\nAll commands start with classifier:<\/p>\n

-h, --help show this help message and exit
\n-st SPECIFIC_TYPES [SPECIFIC_TYPES ...], --specific-types SPECIFIC_TYPES [SPECIFIC_TYPES ...]
\nMove all file extensions, given in the args list, in
\nthe current directory into the Specific Folder
\n-sf SPECIFIC_FOLDER, --specific-folder SPECIFIC_FOLDER
\nFolder to move Specific File Type
\n-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
\nMain directory to put organized folders
\n-d DIRECTORY, --directory DIRECTORY
\nThe directory whose files to classify
\n-dt, --date Organize files by creation date<\/code><\/p>\n

I have used the basic function to sort out my downloads folder which contains a enormous variety of files: In my case:<\/p>\n

classifier -d Downloads<\/code><\/p>\n

Apparently, there is no undo here so be careful.<\/p>\n

This sorted my Downloads into various subfolders according to their type.<\/p>\n

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