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The document contains a Python script that sorts files in a specified directory by their file extensions. It creates subdirectories for each file extension and moves the corresponding files into these folders. The script handles files without extensions by placing them in a 'no_extension' folder.

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Program 1

The document contains a Python script that sorts files in a specified directory by their file extensions. It creates subdirectories for each file extension and moves the corresponding files into these folders. The script handles files without extensions by placing them in a 'no_extension' folder.

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Sri Senthil Kumaran
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import os

import shutil

def sort_files_by_extension(source_directory):

# Get all files in the source directory

files = [f for f in [Link](source_directory) if [Link]([Link](source_directory, f))]

# Loop over each file and sort based on its extension

for file in files:

# Get the file extension (e.g., '.txt', '.jpg', '.pdf')

file_extension = [Link](file)[1].lower().strip('.')

# Skip files with no extension

if not file_extension:

file_extension = 'no_extension'

# Create a new directory for the file extension if it doesn't exist

folder_path = [Link](source_directory, file_extension)

if not [Link](folder_path):

[Link](folder_path)

# Construct the full source and destination paths

source_file_path = [Link](source_directory, file)

destination_file_path = [Link](folder_path, file)

# Move the file into the corresponding extension folder

[Link](source_file_path, destination_file_path)

print(f"Moved {file} to {folder_path}")


if _name_ == "_main_":

# Replace with your source directory path

source_directory = r'C:\path\to\your\directory' # Change this to your folder path

sort_files_by_extension(source_directory)

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