Learn different ways to rename files in Python using the os and pathlib modules.
Rename files with os
You can use
os.rename(old_name, new_name)
For example we can combine it with os.path.splitext()
to get the base name and file extension, and then combine it to a new name:
import os
for file in os.listdir():
name, ext = os.path.splitext(file)
new_name = f"{name}_new{ext}"
os.rename(file, new_name)
Rename files with pathlib
The same could be achieved with the pathlib module and
Path.rename(new_name)
With a Path object we can access .stem
and .suffix
:
from pathlib import Path
for file in os.listdir():
f = Path(file)
new_name = f"{f.stem}_new{f.suffix}"
f.rename(new_name)