Rename files/remove chars from filename

Question

I have a directory full of video files that have been renamed to something like:

video.3gp~1209384

I need to remove all chars from the filename including the ~. Any help would be awesome!

I assume not **ALL** chars and just the ones after and including the `~`? — Erik Kaplun, Oct 01 '13 at 20:40
Possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2759067/rename-files-in-python — iamreptar, Oct 01 '13 at 20:41
@user2836448: it would be nice if you accepted at least one answer. — Erik Kaplun, Oct 02 '13 at 17:20

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 01 '13 at 20:40

I would personally just use IPython for that; it has integration with bash/shell. Just prefix shell commands with ! and interpolate Python variables in shell commands using $.

>>> files = !ls *.3gp~*
>>> for f in files:
        newname = f.split('~')[0]
        mv $f $nename

Or, if that's not an option (e.g. you can't install IPython or must use pure Python):

import os

files = os.listdir(DIRNAME)
for f in files:
    if '.3gp~' in f:
        newname = f.split('~')[0]
        os.rename(f, newname)

Both of these assume your files don't have ~ in the part of the name you'd like to keep; it's very unlikely; but if they do, it'd be a really simple adaption in the code.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 01 '13 at 20:42

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Try this:

import os
for filename in os.listdir("."):    
    os.rename(filename, filename[:filename.find("~")])

answered Oct 01 '13 at 20:42

Vivek

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