#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
""" sorts images by resolution"""


import os,sys
import time

dirname = os.path.abspath(sys.argv[1])
try:
    newdir = os.path.abspath(sys.argv[2])
except:
    newdir = dirname


def image_sort(dirname, newdir, recur=0):
    if not recur:print 'sorting started ...'
    else: print 'sorting started in %s...'%dirname
    if not newdir: newdir = dirname

    imagelist = []

    if os.path.isdir(dirname):
        for x in os.listdir(dirname):
            absx = dirname+os.sep+x
            if os.path.isfile(absx):imagelist.append(absx)
            else:
                image_sort(absx, newdir+os.sep+x,recur=1)
        for name in imagelist:
            try:
                file_date = time.localtime(os.stat(name).st_mtime)
            except EnvironmentError, error:
                print 'seems error: %s with '%error, name, '/n'
                continue
            imdir = '%s--%s--%s'%(file_date.tm_year,file_date.tm_mon,file_date.tm_mday)
            imdir = os.path.join(newdir,imdir)
            if os.path.split(dirname)[-1] == os.path.split(imdir)[-1]: 
                continue    
            elif not os.path.exists(imdir):
                print 'making dir %s'%imdir
                os.mkdir(imdir)
            try:
                os.system('move "%s" "%s"'%(name,imdir))
            except EnvironmentError:
                print 'error with '+ name, '/n'
    if not recur:print 'sorting completed!'

if __name__ == '__main__':
    image_sort(dirname, newdir)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "sort", line 9, in <module>
    dirname = os.path.abspath(sys.argv[1])
IndexError: list index out of range

if os.path.isdir(dirname):

python путь_до_скрипта_script.py путь_до_картинок

sorting started ...
making dir /home/папку_с_названием__даты ... создаёт
sh: move: not found - пишет столько строк ... сколько картинок
sorting completed!