Rename

rename.py

from pathlib import Path


folder = "/home/LC/chapsu01/raw_data/Summer 2012/April 16, 2012/m23"
folder = Path(folder)

# Use * to select all files
# Use prefixes and suffixes followed/preceded by * to select files
# matching that pattern. For example dark*.fit to select all files whose name
# start with 'dark' and ends with '.fit'
files_to_select = "m23*"
replacee = "3.5" # The thing to replace (old part)
replacer = "7.0" # The thing to replace by (new part)

def main():

    if not folder.exists():
        print(f"{folder} doesn't exist")
        return

    paths = {}

    for f in folder.glob(files_to_select):
        name = f.name
        new_name = name.replace(replacee, replacer)
        if name != new_name:
            print("Old:", name)
            print("New:", new_name)
            print("-"*max(len(new_name), len(name)))
            paths[f] = new_name
        else:
            print("Old:", name)
            print("No change")


    if input("Do you want to confirm (Y/N): ").upper() in ["YES", "Y"]:
        for p in paths:
            new_path = folder / paths[p]
            p.rename(new_path)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()