rename or replace the files in a folder

Question

I have a folder contains images. each image named as

abc_001.jpg 
abc_002.jpg

I need to rename the images by deleting the first text abc_ and start from the number

I did as

import os

path = '/Desktop/my_folder'

folder = os.fsencode(path)

filenames = []

for file in os.listdir(folder):
    filename = os.fsdecode(file)
    if filename.endswith ('.jpg'):
          filenames=filename.replace('abc_','')

but it doesn't work . how can I replace the first text or deleting them?

i tried

for file in os.listdir(folder):
    filename = os.fsdecode(file)
    if filename.endswith ('.jpg'):
        filenames = filename.replace('abc_', '')
        os.rename(filename, filenames)

but got

 os.rename(filename, filenames)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'abc_000000000009.jpg' -> '000000000009.jpg'

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 01 '21 at 05:43

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You can use os.rename(source, destination) to rename either file or directory

where source is your file path, and destination is the new file name path

answered Mar 01 '21 at 05:43

Sin Han Jinn

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i got FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'abc_' -> – user5520049 Mar 01 '21 at 05:49

Afiz · Answer 2 · 2021-03-01T05:53:17.863

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You need to use os.rename(src, dst) instead of filename.replace. Let me know if you have any issues.

You need to rename the file in the following order:

for file in os.listdir(folder):
    filename = os.fsdecode(file)
    if filename.endswith ('.jpg'):
          new_file_name=filename.replace('abc_','')
           os.rename(filename, new_file_name)

edited Mar 01 '21 at 05:53

answered Mar 01 '21 at 05:43

Afiz

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i got FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'abc_' -> '' – user5520049 Mar 01 '21 at 05:45
see my updated solution.. you need to replace `abc_` with your normal string replace method and pass the new file name to `os.rename` – Afiz Mar 01 '21 at 05:51
thanks, i will try it but what I the f here and file_names ? `os.rename(f, file_name)` – user5520049 Mar 01 '21 at 05:51
did you mean ` filenames = filename.replace('abc_', '') os.rename(filename, filenames)` – user5520049 Mar 01 '21 at 05:53
Yes, I have updated the snippet with your code. – Afiz Mar 01 '21 at 05:54
thanks for your effort but the folder has several images and got this `os.rename(filename, filenames) FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'abc_000000000009.jpg' -> '000000000009.jpg'` but I checked again and the image exists – user5520049 Mar 01 '21 at 05:58

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 11 '21 at 22:16

I solved the problem so anyone who faces the same problem can try it

for file in os.listdir(folder):
    filename = os.fsdecode(file)
    if filename.endswith ('.jpg'): 
        filenames = filename.replace('abc_', '')
        os.rename(os.path.join(path,filename), os.path.join(path,filenames))

rename or replace the files in a folder

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