Automatically Move Files Using a Node.js Script

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/www/zk-prac/aa/bb/cc/a.txt
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/www/zk-prac/aa/bb/cc/gz-a.txt
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/www/zk-prac/aa/bb/cc/dj-a.txt
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/www/zk-prac/aa/bb/cc/ny-a.txt

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/www/gz-prac/aa/bb/cc/
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/www/dj-prac/aa/bb/cc/
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/www/ny-prac/aa/bb/cc/

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"type": "module",

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import fs from "fs";
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import path from "path";
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import fse from "fs-extra";
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import inquirer from "inquirer";
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async function main() {
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  // Ask the user to input the source directory path
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  const { sourceDir } = await inquirer.prompt([
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    {
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      type: "input",
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      name: "sourceDir",
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      message: "Please enter the source directory path:",
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      validate: (input) =>
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        fs.existsSync(input)
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          ? true
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          : "Directory does not exist, please enter a valid path",
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    },
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  ]);
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  // Ask the user to input the base target directory path
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  const { baseTargetDir } = await inquirer.prompt([
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    {
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      type: "input",
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      name: "baseTargetDir",
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      message: "Please enter the base target directory path:",
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      validate: (input) =>
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        fs.existsSync(input)
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          ? true
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          : "Directory does not exist, please enter a valid path",
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    },
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  ]);
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  // Ask the user to input the filename
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  const { targetFileName } = await inquirer.prompt([
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    {
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      type: "input",
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      name: "targetFileName",
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      message: "Please enter the filename to move (e.g., a.txt):",
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      validate: (input) => (input ? true : "Filename cannot be empty"),
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    },
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  ]);
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  // Get all files in the source directory
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  const files = fs.readdirSync(sourceDir);
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  // Find all target files with prefixes
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  const matchedFiles = files.filter(
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    (file) => file.endsWith(targetFileName) && file !== targetFileName,
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  );
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  if (matchedFiles.length === 0) {
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    console.log("No matching prefix files found.");
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    return;
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  }
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  // Calculate the relative path
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  const relativePath = path.relative(baseTargetDir, sourceDir);
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  // Find and exclude directories to be excluded from the base target directory
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  const targetPathParts = relativePath.split(path.sep);
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  targetPathParts.shift(); // Remove the first directory
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  // Calculate the actual target directory path
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  const subDir = targetPathParts.join(path.sep);
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  // Move files to each matching target directory
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  for (const file of matchedFiles) {
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    const prefix = file.split("-")[0];
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    const targetDirs = fs
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      .readdirSync(baseTargetDir)
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      .filter((dir) => dir.startsWith(prefix));
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    for (const targetDir of targetDirs) {
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      const targetPath = path.join(baseTargetDir, targetDir, subDir);
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      const sourceFilePath = path.join(sourceDir, file);
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      const targetFilePath = path.join(targetPath, targetFileName);
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      try {
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        await fse.ensureDir(targetPath);
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        await fse.copy(sourceFilePath, targetFilePath);
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        console.log(`Moved ${file} to ${targetFilePath}`);
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        await fse.remove(sourceFilePath);
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        console.log(`Deleted source file ${sourceFilePath}`);
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      } catch (err) {
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        console.error(`Error moving or deleting file: ${err}`);
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      }
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    }
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  }
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}
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main().catch(console.error);