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Amandeep singh
Amandeep singh

Reputation: 3

The system cannot find the file specified windows error python

I want to rename all the files in test folder as 1, 2, 3 and so on

import os, sys, path

path = r"F:\test"
dirs = os.listdir(path)

print(dirs)
count = 1
for files in dirs:
    str1 = str(count)
    os.rename(files, str1)
    count += 1

but my code giving me this error: WindowsError: [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1066

Answers (2)

northtree
northtree

Reputation: 9275

Just add one line to change bthe current working directory.

import os, sys, path

path = r"F:\test"
dirs = os.listdir(path)

os.chdir(path)  # Change the current working directory
print(dirs)
count = 1
for files in dirs:
    str1 = str(count)
    os.rename(files, str1)
    count += 1

Upvotes: 0

renatoc
renatoc

Reputation: 323

dirs is a list of paths, and iterating through it won't give you the contents of the directories. You would need another os.listdir for that.

Also, to rename the files, you have to go through each of them.

A better solution would've been:

import os

count = 1
path = r"F:\test"
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
    for filename in files:
        os.rename(os.path.join(root, filename), os.path.join(root, str(count)))
        count += 1

Upvotes: 1

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