rubincc / rename_files

Recursively rename files

Rename Files

Recursively rename files on a given path subtracting from the name a provided string, having a cleaning function on file names.

USAGE:

rename_files.py <PATH> <garbage_string>
PATH - an absolute or relative path
garbage_string - a part of the filename that have to be deleted.

Pay attention to garbage_string provided!! All occurrences will be
completely erased from the name of the file regardless of
their position in the name.

This is the testbed:

testbed
    ├── alfa.txt
    ├── apple.txt
    ├── applegood.txt
    ├── badgoodapple.txt
    ├── beta.txt
    ├── goodapple.txt
    └── goodbetagood.txt

Calling the program:

./rename_files.py ./testbed good
./rename_files.py testbed/ good
./rename_files.py testbed good

The test result without really changing any name:

Short filename is goodapple.txt
Old name ./testbed/goodapple.txt contains good so will be changed.
New name will be ./testbed/apple.txt.
The file ./testbed/apple.txt already exist and stays unchanged.
The file ./testbed/goodapple.txt was renamed as ./testbed/kXTCP_apple.txt
Short filename is badgoodapple.txt
Old name ./testbed/badgoodapple.txt contains good so will be changed.
New name will be ./testbed/badapple.txt.
./testbed/badgoodapple.txt was renamed ./testbed/badapple.txt
Short filename is beta.txt
Short filename is goodbetagood.txt
Old name ./testbed/goodbetagood.txt contains good so will be changed.
New name will be ./testbed/beta.txt.
The file ./testbed/beta.txt already exist and stays unchanged.
The file ./testbed/goodbetagood.txt was renamed as ./testbed/QbxUq_beta.txt
Short filename is applegood.txt
Old name ./testbed/applegood.txt contains good so will be changed.
New name will be ./testbed/apple.txt.
The file ./testbed/apple.txt already exist and stays unchanged.
The file ./testbed/applegood.txt was renamed as ./testbed/gKIVU_apple.txt
Short filename is apple.txt
Short filename is alfa.txt

Until otherwise specified this is only a test project.

TO DO:

• rewrite to use pathlike object from pathlib to be more portable.

Notes

This is the first commit on master branch after creating new branch dev.

Comment on master after dev and testing.