copy-only-text-like-files-from-folder-python
copy only text-like files from the folder
This project is for those who want to copy only source code or text files from a folder, not heavy files such as images or videos.
Prerequisites
This project requires python-magic package. Please install python-magic
pip install python-magic
Usage
Please run the code as follows:
python copy_text_like_files.py --data_path [FOLDER_TO_BE_COPIED] --output [OUTPUT_DIR]
for example,
python copy_text_like_files.py --data_path /home/user1/codes --output ./copied
If you additionally want to copy non-text files, or if you do not want to copy text-like files with specific extension, please append ALLOW_LIST and DENY_LIST in copy_text_like_files.py.
For example,
ALLOW_LIST= ['.mat']
DENY_LIST = ['.csv' ]
