Record RENAMING

record_renamer.py

import os
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
from shutil import copyfile

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# [Things to Change] please input exact format of the date and time like the example
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records_directory = "/Users/sameh/Downloads/records"
site_name = "Cork_7"
first_date = "21/5/2012 14:31:51"
make_copies = True
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# OPTIONAL: Things named according to email information
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duration_in_minutes = 10
prefix = "SR"
extension = ".wav"
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dir_files = os.listdir(records_directory)
files_indices = [int(f[2: f.find(".")]) for f in dir_files if f.startswith(prefix) and f.endswith(extension)]
files_indices = sorted(files_indices)
datetime_format = '%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S'
current_datetime_obj = datetime.strptime(first_date, datetime_format)
time_10_minutes = timedelta(minutes=duration_in_minutes)

file_datetime_format = '%d_%m_%Y_%H_%M_%S'

new_records_directory = "/Users/sameh/Downloads/records_renamed"
if not os.path.isdir(new_records_directory):
    os.mkdir(new_records_directory)

for idx in files_indices:
    try:
        file_path = os.path.join(records_directory, prefix + str(idx) + extension)

        new_filename = current_datetime_obj.strftime(file_datetime_format)
        if make_copies:
            new_filepath = os.path.join(new_records_directory, site_name + "_" + new_filename + extension)
            copyfile(file_path, new_filepath)
        else:
            new_filepath = os.path.join(records_directory, site_name+"_"+new_filename + extension)
            os.rename(file_path, new_filepath)

        current_datetime_obj += time_10_minutes
    except:
        continue