Rename files in python depending on file name -
i'm creating small script rename files inside folder depending on different criteria. have tried use this, stuck @ point
f = [] file in os.walk(outputfolder): f.append(file) in folder (c:\folder) have 2 files: file1.csv, file2.csv
how can create loop goes inside folder , each file
if(file1.csv.find(1) > 0) else thanks have been trying while , cant find solution
for root, dirs, files in os.walk("path/to/folder"): filename in files: if "1" in filename: do_something() else: do_something_else() when use os.walk, returns generator of directory tree. imagine test directory such:
c:\temp | \subdir | | subfile1.txt | | subfile2.txt | file1.txt | file2.txt list(os.walk) produce:
[("c:\\temp", ["subdir"], ["file1.txt","file2.txt"]), ("c:\\temp\\subdir", [], ["subfile1.txt","subfile2.txt"])] that say, each iteration produces root, list_of_directories_in_root, list_of_files_in_root each subdirectory in original argument. therefore iterate on os.walk same way:
for root, dirs, files in os.walk("path/to/folder"): now it's true don't care root or dirs, if have rename file (or etc) you'll need @ least root because you'll doing os.rename(os.path.join(root, filename), "newname.txt").
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