Python Tutorial: How to Rename Files and Move Files with Python

How to rename and move files in Python using os.

[mensiuscho]

how to mass copy all files with txt format to the new directory? i wrote a short script using os.walk i can search them, find them and copy to new directory, but i cant over write the similar names. i tried to find a way to change all the files to the new one in the process, or delete the previous file before copy the file with the similar name, non of them worked so far.. any suggestion? thanks a lot

[jucam]

Hello, very clear simple, I have a questión how can i validate the file, i mean make a comparison between two files in Python?

[justlita]

How would I use shutil just to move a certain file type extension? i.e. just .csv files in that folder

[imgestudyo]

can you make how to copy folder and all include file and paste (overrite if file same) other area I am trying to many times but not do

[youchunk]

hello, what program are you using for the typing? do you have any videos on it?

[ButtonWalls]

What if the program is not in the same directory?

[jaywheeler]

what if the source file name keeps changing but the ext in the same? I tried this with no luck.

os.rename("*.csv", "count.txt")

[greendaydiaz]

Another awesome video! My question is how would I rename all files with the extension .txt? I tried using wildcard *.txt but I get an error. Thanks!

[Cowboy]

how do you copy and paste a file into a new folder without moving the old one?

[hassainehassen]

Nice video, my question is how i could rename a lot of files at once? Thank you

[raminismail]

Hi, How to add one symbol at the end of the multiple files. As this, from this files_001.txt files_002.txt to this files_001a.txt files_002a.txt ? Thanks

[arthurmilstead]

thank you for advise, that was helpful!

[GregoryLund]

Are all of your videos in Python 3.x? I need to use 2.7x because it's the highest level ArcGIS (by esri) will currently accept.
I know this video is over a year old, but hope you still get my comment.

[CoreyDeRosa]

How can you move multiple files within one folder to another folder?

[maxencealex]

but what about the path of the file? How to tell python where to look for them?

[dagi_melody]

I am sad that I couldn't get a better tutorial than this

[BenjaminKWeber]

How do you move files to another disk? Example: C:\ to D:\

[gideonfelt]

What if you don't know what the original file name is, but you know where it is,
I've tried this to no avail.

os.rename(downloads/*.pdf, downloads/outputs/test.pdf)
i saw this some where but the "*" does nothing for me and I get
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:

so what can I do to move a file with an unknown name?

[liadavramov]

what do i do if i get an access denied Error ???

[amparorod]

AttributeError: ‘module’ object has no attribute ‘rename’
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