script-of-the-curly/link_to_other_folder_files.py

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# random python script which creates symbolinc links in the current folder to all files in the folder given as argument
# also removes all hungarian specific characters
import os
import re
import sys
def rename_files(directory):
for filename in os.listdir(directory):
new_filename = filename.replace('\u00E1','a')
new_filename = new_filename.replace('\u00E9','e')
new_filename = new_filename.replace('\u00ED','i')
new_filename = new_filename.replace('\u00F3','o')
new_filename = new_filename.replace('\u00F6','o')
new_filename = new_filename.replace('\u0151','o')
new_filename = new_filename.replace('\u00FA','u')
new_filename = new_filename.replace('\u00FC','u')
new_filename = new_filename.replace('\u0171','u')
new_filename = re.sub(r'^[0-9_.()\s]+','',new_filename)
old_path = os.path.join(directory, filename)
new_path = os.path.join(directory, new_filename)
os.rename(old_path, new_path)
def link_to_files(link_dir, target):
for filename in os.listdir(link_dir):
target_path=os.path.join(link_dir, filename)
link_path=os.path.join(target, filename)
os.symlink(target_path, link_path)
if len(sys.argv) > 1:
folder_to_link_to=sys.argv[1]
else:
print("No arguments provided.")
sys.exit(1)
link_to_files(folder_to_link_to, './')
rename_files('./')