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#!/usr/bin/env python

"""mp3sort.py -- Version 17-Oct-2004

Tries to extract the artist name from each mp3 file in the directory and moves
the file to a subdirectory with the artist's name. Feel free to change the
file mask and artist search expression to fit your needs.

Copyright (c) 2004 Jochen Kupperschmidt <webmaster@homework.nwsnet.de>
Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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"""

import glob
import os
import os.path
import re


pattern = re.compile('(.+) - .*')
for filename in glob.glob('*.m3u'):
    if not os.path.isfile(filename):
        continue
    try:
        dirname = pattern.match(filename).group(1).strip()
    except AttributeError:
        pass
    else:
        if not os.path.isdir(dirname):
            os.mkdir(dirname)
        os.rename(filename, os.path.join(dirname, filename))

Source code

import glob
import os
import os.path
import re


pattern = re.compile('.* - (.+).m3u')
for filename in glob.glob('*.m3u'):
    if not os.path.isfile(filename):
        continue
    try:
        dirname = pattern.match(filename).group(1).strip()
    except AttributeError:
        pass
    else:
        if not os.path.isdir(dirname):
            os.mkdir(dirname)
        os.rename(filename, os.path.join(dirname, filename))