Added ucsdirs.py

README.md

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ Some items of interest are:
   - [JSON-formatted UCS Schedules](json/) for all the available languages.
   - The [tool](tools/ucsxls2json.py) used to make these JSON files from the
     original XLS file.
+  - A [directory-creation tool](tools/ucsdirs.py) that can create a directory 
+    tree of UCS categories and sub-categories in any of the supported
+    languages, using the JSON schedule of your choice.
 
 ## Who maintains this?
 

tools/ucsdirs.py

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# ucsdirs.py 
+# (c) 2024 Jamie Hardt
+#
+# This tool creates a directory tree of UCS category and sub-categories
+# according to the selected language schedule.
+#
+# This script is a part of the `ucs-community` project, a LICENSE file outling
+# your rights should be included in its distribution. For more information see 
+# the project website on github: https://github.com/iluvcapra/ucs-community
+
+import os
+import sys
+import json
+
+# The path to the UCS schedule json
+SCHEDULE_JSON=sys.argv[1]
+
+# The path to create the directory tree in
+OUTPUT_PATH='dirs'
+
+schedule = []
+
+with open(SCHEDULE_JSON, "r") as fp:
+    entries = json.load(fp=fp)
+    schedule.extend(entries)
+
+for cat in schedule:
+    path = os.path.join(OUTPUT_PATH, cat['Category'], 
+                        f"{cat['Category']} - {cat['SubCategory']}")
+    os.makedirs(path)
+