[Windows] Sorting .dat files

[Chris Kiepfer]

Hi,
Is there any way to sort the .dat files by the category, the first line in the file is the category. I want to sort all the files into groups by category.
There are too many files to open each one manually.
Thanks
Chris

[Willy Tschager]

Hi,
Is there any way to sort the .dat files by the category, the first line in the file is the category. I want to sort all the files into groups by category.
There are too many files to open each one manually.
Thanks
Chris

Hi Chris,

could you please elaborate which program are you talking about, or are you refering to the Windows Explorer as the post has been tagged "Windows".

w.

[Chris Kiepfer]

Hi Chris,

could you please elaborate which program are you talking about, or are you refering to the Windows Explorer as the post has been tagged "Windows".

w.

Yes, sorry about that. I am using windows 11. I guess a script would be needed to achieve this sort, maybe Python but that is what I need help with.

Chris

[Willy Tschager]

Yes, sorry about that. I am using windows 11. I guess a script would be needed to achieve this sort, maybe Python but that is what I need help with.

Chris

Did you get a try on:

https://ldraw.heidemann.org/index.php?page=ldfind

or:

https://ldraw.heidemann.org/index.php?page=ldstructure

w.

[Magnus Forsberg]

Hi,
Is there any way to sort the .dat files by the category, the first line in the file is the category. I want to sort all the files into groups by category.

LDFind and LDStructure may be the best tool to use if you want to analyze the content of the whole library of part, but what do you want to do then?
Most model making SW already have parts sorted. You can't just sort the files in the parts-folder in windows, into new sub-folders, and then expect to have them sorted into categories.
What is it you want to do? Which program are you using?

[Chris Kiepfer]

Did you get a try on:

https://ldraw.heidemann.org/index.php?page=ldfind

or:

https://ldraw.heidemann.org/index.php?page=ldstructure

w.

I downloaded the program, and it will do the trick!

Thanks very much

Chris