📁 Download Organizer

A simple and efficient bash script to automatically organize your downloaded files by type.

✨ Features

• Automatic organization: Sorts your files by extension into dedicated folders
• Full logging: Records all operations with timestamps
• Multi-format support: Images, videos, audio, documents, archives, and installers
• Error handling: Checks if the Downloads folder exists
• "Others" folder: Unrecognized files are automatically sorted

🗂️ Organization Structure

The script organizes your files into the following folders:

File Type	Supported Extensions	Destination Folder
Images	jpg, jpeg, png, gif, webp, avif, svg	Pictures/
Videos	mp4, mkv, avi, mov	Videos/
Audio	mp3, wav, flac, m4a, opus	Audio/
Documents	pdf, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, txt	Docs/
Archives	zip, tar, gz, rar, 7z	Archives/
Installers	exe, appimage, deb, rpm	Installers/
Others	All other formats	Other/

🚀 Installation & Usage

Prerequisites

• Linux system with bash
• Existing ~/Downloads folder

Installation

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/Amedon-Roland/organize_dowload_folder.git
   cd organize_dowload_folder

2. Make the script executable

   chmod +x script.sh

3. Run the script

   ./script.sh

Automation (optional)

To run the script automatically, add it to your crontab:

# Run every hour
0 * * * * /path/to/script.sh

# Run every day at 11:00 PM
0 23 * * * /path/to/script.sh

📋 Logging

The script generates a detailed log file in ~/organiser_telechargements.log containing:

• Timestamp of each execution
• List of all moved files
• Destination of each file
• Any error messages

Example log:

==== 2025-05-29 14:30:15 ====
Moved: document.pdf → Docs/
Moved: photo.jpg → Pictures/
Moved: video.mp4 → Videos/
Organization complete.

🎯 Supported Platforms

• ✅ Linux - Current version
• ⏳ Windows - In development

🚧 Coming soon: A PowerShell version for Windows will be available soon!

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to:

• Report bugs
• Suggest new features
• Improve documentation
• Add new file types

📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

🛠️ Support

If you encounter issues or have questions:

• Open an issue on GitHub
• Check the logs in ~/logs/download_files_organizer.log
• Make sure the ~/Downloads folder exists

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Made with ❤️ by RolandTech

⭐ If this project helps you, please consider giving it a star on GitHub!