Looking for a tool to auto-sort files using INDEX.md as a map (piefed.zip)

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I have a folder full of unsorted files and a detailed INDEX.md that defines the exact target directory structure (think nested categories, file placements, etc.). I'm looking for a tool that can read the markdown and automatically move/copy each file into the right subfolder with high accuracy.

I feel like an AI agent with a free model like OpenRouter's deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:free is already capable of doing it but it may as well delete all files. Would you trust it to do it or is there any other tool for the task?

Edit: I just asked it to do it but letting me see the destinations and confirming before moving the files and it worked fine.

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[-] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

i was actually looking for a tool like this, but not based on some arbitrary rules but on file type. there's mouzi although it doesnt have linux support yet, would something like that work or do you need something else?

Open Settings from the tray menu and go to the Rules tab. You can create rules based on file extensions, regex patterns, and set custom destination folders with placeholders like {year}, {month}, or {filename}.

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