Arrange files according to a text file

[Emile van Sebille]

On 8/27/2011 1:15 PM Ric at rdo.python.org said...
>
> Hello Emile ,
>
> Thank you for the code below as I have not encountered SequenceMatcher
> before and would have to take a look at it closer.
>
> My question would it work for a text file list of names about 25k
> lines and a directory with say 100 files inside?

Sure.

Emile


>
> Thank you once again.
>
>
> On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:06:22 -0700, Emile van Sebille<emile at fenx.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 8/27/2011 10:03 AM Ric at rdo.python.org said...
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> What would be the best way to accomplish this task?
>>
>> I'd do something like:
>>
>>
>> usernames = """Adler, Jack
>> Smith, John
>> Smith, Sally
>> Stone, Mark""".split('\n')
>>
>> filenames = """Smith, John - 02-15-75 - business files.doc
>> Random Data - Adler Jack - expenses.xls
>> More Data Mark Stone files list.doc""".split('\n')
>>
>>from difflib import SequenceMatcher as SM
>>
>>
>> def ignore(x):
>>      return x in ' ,.'
>>
>>
>> for filename in filenames:
>>      ratios = [SM(ignore,filename,username).ratio() for username in
>> usernames]
>>      best = max(ratios)
>>      owner = usernames[ratios.index(best)]
>>      print filename,":",owner
>>
>>
>> Emile
>>
>>
>>
>>> I have many files in separate directories, each file name
>>> contain a persons name but never in the same spot.
>>> I need to find that name which is listed in a large
>>> text file in the following format. Last name, comma
>>> and First name. The last name could be duplicate.
>>>
>>> Adler, Jack
>>> Smith, John
>>> Smith, Sally
>>> Stone, Mark
>>> etc.
>>>
>>>
>>> The file names don't necessary follow any standard
>>> format.
>>>
>>> Smith, John - 02-15-75 - business files.doc
>>> Random Data - Adler Jack - expenses.xls
>>> More Data Mark Stone files list.doc
>>> etc
>>>
>>> I need some way to pull the name from the file name, find it in the
>>> text list and then create a directory based on the name on the list
>>> "Smith, John" and move all files named with the clients name into that
>>> directory.
>>