Renaming Images in a folder according to a list in Python

Question

I have a folder with about 1000 images ordered from 1.jpg to 1000.jpg, I want to rename these names with a list "x" that I have with me.

x = ["hello", "rat", ...]

This is the list that I have, so I would like to change the names of the images from 1.jpg to hello.jpg and so on. How do I do this?

I thought of reading the file and then using os.rename(), but I dint know how to do it

with open(x) as list1:
newnames = list1.read().split(',\n')

I used the code from the already existing question. "Renaming multiple files in a directory using Python " @MihaiAlexandru-Ionut — Sahil, May 07 '18 at 09:52

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered May 07 '18 at 08:05

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import os
my_list_of_new_names = ["hello", "rat", "etc..."]
my_dir = "C:\path_to_my_images\my_directory_of_images"
for filename in os.listdir(my_dir):
    filename = filename.split('.')
    try:
        new_name, ext = filename
        os.rename(filename, my_list[int(new_name)-1] + ext)
    except:
        #your list may not be the correct size
        pass

answered May 07 '18 at 08:05

TheLazyScripter

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it doesn't work. see duplicate link – Jean-François Fabre May 07 '18 at 08:12

Renaming Images in a folder according to a list in Python

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