Updated to exclude origin file and include infinite loop with sleep timer

Python_Scripts/DownloadSorter/DownloadSorter.py

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+import os 
+import shutil
+
+EXCLUDE_FILE = 'DownloadSorter.py'
+
+def create_dir(path, extensions):
+    for ext in extensions:
+        if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(path, ext)):
+                os.mkdir(os.path.join(path, ext))
+
+
+def move_files(target_path):
+    for file in os.listdir(target_path):
+        if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(target_path, file)) and file != EXCLUDE_FILE:
+            file_extension = file.split('.')[-1]
+            shutil.move(os.path.join(target_path, file), os.path.join(target_path, file_extension, file))
+
+
+def main():
+    while True:
+        # Get current directory and set it as the target path
+        cwd = os.getcwd()
+        target_path = os.path.join(cwd)
+
+        # Set up the number of files originally for automation
+        number_of_files = len(os.listdir(cwd))
+        time.sleep(20)
+        old_number = number_of_files
+        number_of_files = len(os.listdir(cwd))
+
+        # If new files detected, organize them
+        if number_of_files != old_number:
+            # Get all file extensions present in the directory
+            extensions = {item.split('.')[-1] for item in os.listdir(target_path) 
+            if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(target_path, item))}
+            # print(extensions)
+
+            # Create a folder for extension types
+            create_dir(target_path, extensions)
+
+            # Move the files into the folder
+            move_files(target_path)
+
+main()

Python_Scripts/DownloadSorter/py/DownloadSorter.py

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-import os 
-import shutil
-
-def create_dir(path, extensions):
-    for ext in extensions:
-        if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(path, ext)):
-                os.mkdir(os.path.join(path, ext))
-
-
-def move_files(target_path):
-    for file in os.listdir(target_path):
-        if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(target_path, file)):
-            file_extension = file.split('.')[-1]
-            shutil.move(os.path.join(target_path, file), os.path.join(target_path, file_extension, file))
-
-def main():
-    cwd = os.getcwd()
-    target_path = os.path.join(cwd)
-    extensions = {item.split('.')[-1] for item in os.listdir(target_path) if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(target_path, item))}
-    # print(extensions)
-
-    # Create a folder for extension types
-    create_dir(target_path, extensions)
-
-    # Move the files into the folder
-    move_files(target_path)
-
-
-main()