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Akashdeep Saluja
Akashdeep Saluja

Reputation: 3089

Rename files using python

I want to rename a file from say {file1} to {file2}. I read about os.rename(file1,file2) in python and is able to do so.

I succeeded only when the the file is placed in the same folder as python script, so I want to ask how can we rename files of other folders i.e. different folder than the one in which python script is placed.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 574

Answers (2)

del-boy
del-boy

Reputation: 3654

As others have noted, you need to use full path.

On the other note, take a look at shutil.move documentation, it can also be used for renaming.

Upvotes: 0

Cory Kramer
Cory Kramer

Reputation: 118021

Just use the full path, instead of the relative path:

oldFile = 'C:\\folder\\subfolder\\inFile.txt'
newFile = 'C:\\foo\\bar\\somewhere\\other\\outFile.txt'

os.rename(oldFile, newFile)

To get the double-slash behavior, you can do the following

import os
oldFile = r'C:\folder\subfolder\inFile.txt'  # note the r character for raw string
os.path.normpath(oldFile)

Output

'C:\\folder\\subfolder\\inFile.txt'

Upvotes: 1

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