keep-clean

A bash script I use to watch for certain file extensions and move them from the Downloads directory to the appropriate home directory (Documents/Pictures/Videos).

Dependencies

• inotify-tools
  • On Ubuntu and its derivatives: sudo apt install inotify-tools
• rsync to move files and delete the source after

Usage

• The bash script is available as clean.sh. Copy it wherever you'd like to keep the script.
• A systemd unit configuration file, clean-docs.service, is also available. This must be copied to /etc/systemd/system/clean-docs.service. Configure the service environment variables to move different file extensions to different directories (source, destination, look_for).
  • Each configuration set can be a new .service file.
• Since we have added or edited a service file, reload systemctl: systemctl daemon-reload
• Enable the service to start on login automatically: systemctl enable clean-docs
• Start now with systemctl start clean-docs.
• Check logs (and test) with journalctl -u clean-docs --follow