rename files

rename.py

__author__ = 't-joelm'
import glob, os
import csv

def rename(dir, pattern, titlePattern)
    for pathAndFilename in glob.iglob(os.path.join(dir, pattern)):
        title, ext = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(pathAndFilename))
        os.rename(pathAndFilename,
                  os.path.join(dir, titlePattern % title + ext))

rename(r'c:\temp\xx', r'*.doc', r'new(%s)')

input = open("f:\input.csv", 'r') # 'rb' for binary
output = open("f:\output.csv", 'w') # 'wb' for binary



os.rename(arg[0], arg[1])

path = r'C:\Users\T-JoelM\Documents\GEC\paes_data\ZWE_MAT\normalized\flights' ##define path

input = open("f:\input.csv", 'r') # 'rb' for binary
output = open("f:\output.csv", 'w') # 'wb' for binary
csv_in = csv.reader(input)
csv_out = csv.writer(output)

next(csv_in, None) # skip first row
for row in csv_in:
	new_id = "{0}{1}/{2}".format(
		'S' if float(row[2]) < 0 else 'N',
		abs(float(row[2])),
		row[1]) # use "".format() and you can skip all the str(), etc ... and I think its easier to read too.
	output = [new_id]
	output.extend(row[1:]) # [1:] will return everything in the list starting at the second element
	csv_out.writerow(output)


for f in glob.glob('*.kml'):
    new_filename = f.replace("-","_")
    new_filename = "kml_" + new_filename
    os.rename(f,new_filename)