Rename multiple files in Python
How can I rename the following files:
abc_2000.jpg
abc_2001.jpg
abc_2004.jpg
abc_2007.jpg
into the following ones:
year_2000.jpg
year_2001.jpg
year_2004.jpg
year_2007.jpg
The related code is:
import os
import glob
files = glob.glob('abc*.jpg')
for file in files:
os.rename(file, '{}.txt'.format(???))
Solution 1:
import os
import glob
files = glob.glob('year*.jpg')
for file in files:
os.rename(file, 'year_{}'.format(file.split('_')[1]))
The one line can be broken to:
for file in files:
parts = file.split('_') #[abc, 2000.jpg]
new_name = 'year_{}'.format(parts[1]) #year_2000.jpg
os.rename(file, new_name)
Solution 2:
Because I have done something similar today:
#!/usr/bin/env python
import os
import sys
import re
if __name__ == "__main__":
_, indir = sys.argv
infiles = [f for f in os.listdir(indir) if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(indir, f))]
for infile in infiles:
outfile = re.sub(r'abc', r'year' , infile)
os.rename(os.path.join(indir, infile), os.path.join(indir, outfile))