gistfile1.txt

#! /usr/local/bin/python3

""" This script is to rename the files
"Friends Season ## Episode ## - *.avi"
to
"Friends S##E## - *.avi"
Example:
This:
"Friends Season 09 Episode 01 - The One Where No One Proposes.avi"
will be changed to:
"Friends S09e01 - The One Where No One Proposes.avi"
"""

import os
import shutil
import re

series_pattern = re.compile(r"""^(.*)  #matches everything before 'Season'
    (Season )                          #matches 'Season_'
    (/d{2})                            #matches Season number
    ( Episode )                        #matches '_Episode_'
    (/d{2})                            #matches Episode number
    (.*)$                              #matches everything after Episode number
    """, re.VERBOSE)

sample_string = "Friends Season 09 Episode 01 - The One Where No One Proposes\
.avi"
result = series_pattern.search(sample_string)
print(result.group())

16:56 ~/python/lab/ali_pracitices/batch_rename >>./batch_rename.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./batch_rename.py", line 29, in
print(result.group())
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group'
17:04 ~/python/lab/ali_pracitices/batch_rename >>