Reputation: 49
I am reading in all the files in a given folder:
import os
path = '/Users/user/Desktop/folder_name'
files = os.listdir(path)
I have multiple files (100+) with the following names: 20220330_a.txt 20220330_b.txt 20220330_c.txt
I want to replace the "20220331" to "20220630" in the actual file names in the folder, so I obtain 20220630_a.txt, 20220630_b.txt etc.
Any ideas?
Upvotes: 1
Views: 32
Reputation: 49
I figured it out myself:
old_date = "20200331"
new_date = "20200630"
for file in os.listdir(path):
if file.startswith(old_date):
if file.find(old_date) > -1:
counter = counter + 1
os.rename(os.path.join(path, file), os.path.join(path, file.replace(old_date,new_date)))
if counter == 0:
print("No file has been found")
Upvotes: 1