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is there a foss project to automatically sort files (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by jackpot@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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do you know that minecraft mod that autosorts your inventory? is there are project that can autosort a messy file system and put all of your files of a similar nature into a well organised, well named order. obviously this would require ai that could do image, language, and audio recognition but is there anything in the works? i can imagine this would speed up distrohopping by 10x. ai powered file management

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[–] halm@leminal.space 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

This requires no "AI", just some simple rule-based automation, at most some algorithmic sorting.

Android (or some custom branded Android versions?) automatically save downloaded files in folders by Pictures, Documents, etc unless you tell them.not to.
Office365 offers the PowerAutomate function, but knowing Microsoft they probably overcomplicated things a bunch. [Edit: obviously this isn't FLOSS, just a hint at what to look for alternatives to...]

This approach never appealed to me as I want to know where things are rather than where some subroutine thinks it belongs, but I'm certain you will find plenty of software that offers an auto sorting feature.

[–] jackpot@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

sorting through thousands of audio files and putting them into relevent folders, years of legal documents, etc.

[–] bizdelnick@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If you want to sort audio files by metadata, try easytag.

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