In this example we will see how to sort files in folders. We will provide two folders one for input and one for output. Then we will filter only specific files (.png and .jpg) from input folder with method listFiles. After that we will loop over the files and read the date from each file. Then we will create folder with the name of the date. In the end we will copy the file to the respected folder.
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Change these values to match the directory containing the image files
File inputDir = new File("/home/monster/Temp/picture_source");
// Change this value to the root folder where the image will be copied
File outputDir = new File("/home/monster/Temp/picture_destination");
// Get a list of all the PNG and JPG files in the input directory
File[] files = inputDir.listFiles((dir, name) -> name.toLowerCase().endsWith(".png")
|| name.toLowerCase().endsWith(".jpg"));
// Move the files to the output directory, preserving their original names
for (File file : files) {
String folderName = getFolderName(file);
File outputSubDir = new File(outputDir + File.separator + folderName);
// Create the output directory if it doesn't exist
if (!outputSubDir.exists()) {
outputSubDir.mkdirs();
}
File outputFile = new File(outputSubDir, file.getName());
try {
Files.copy(file.toPath(), outputFile.toPath());
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
System.out.println("Done!");
}
private static String getFolderName(File file) {
SimpleDateFormat sd = new SimpleDateFormat("dd_MM_yyyy");
BasicFileAttributes attrs = null;
try {
attrs = Files.readAttributes(file.toPath(), BasicFileAttributes.class);
} catch (IOException e) {
throw new RuntimeException(e);
}
String res = sd.format(attrs.creationTime().toMillis());
return res;
}
}