PSA: My first Python script to sort my music files did something wild

I was messing around with the os and shutil modules last night, trying to write a simple script that would move my mp3 files into folders by artist. I had about 300 songs in one messy folder. I ran the script and it worked, but then I saw my pictures folder was empty. I panicked for a solid minute before I realized my code had a bug. I used a wildcard that grabbed all files, not just .mp3, and moved everything into new folders based on weird parts of the filenames. I spent an hour fixing it by adding a check for file extensions. I learned that small mistakes in your code can have big, weird results. Has anyone else had a script do something totally unexpected like that?

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mila_king2223d ago

Sounds like you just organized your whole computer by accident lol. At least you got your files back, could've been way worse.

logan_owens1423d ago

Tell me about it, I've done that exact thing before. The panic is real when everything just disappears. You find anything cool you forgot you had?

verafoster23d ago

My friend's script once renamed every file on his desktop to "temp" plus a number.

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