Replacing Punctuation in List of Files

Question

I am trying to replace a '. ' with a '_' for all files in a directory. The files look like this:

000. utm_homescreen.bak
000. utm_homescreen.yxwz
001. utm_chain_screen.bak
001. utm_chain_screen.yxwz
...

Right now I am trying to apply a split and join to every file in the directory, but I don't see these changes reflected in the file names.

from pathlib import Path

for file in Path('..').glob('*'):
    if not file.is_dir():
        '_'.join(file.name.split('. '))

look at `Path.rename`, right now you're just making a `str` and not doing anything with it. — Mario Ishac, Jun 06 '20 at 19:14

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 06 '20 at 19:38

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I ended up using Path.rename() like this:

for file in Path('..').glob('*'):
    if not file.is_dir():
        file.rename('_'.join(str(file).split('. ')))

Thanks for your responses.

answered Jun 06 '20 at 19:38

James D.

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L1v1u · Answer 2 · 2020-06-06T19:27:25.597

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you forgot to use the rename function? i didn't runned but should look like this

changed like Mario Ishac suggested

from pathlib import Path

for file in Path('..').glob('*'):
    if not file.is_dir():
        Path(file.name).rename('_'.join(file.name.split('. ')))

edited Jun 06 '20 at 19:27

answered Jun 06 '20 at 19:16

L1v1u

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Should probably use `Path.rename` since `pathlib` is being used anyway. – Mario Ishac Jun 06 '20 at 19:17

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 07 '20 at 04:40

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Try using os.rename() and replace():

from os, glob
for file in glob.glob('*'): # list of all files in the folder
    if not file.is_dir():
        os.rename(file,file.replace('. ','_')) # rename the file with '. ' replaced with '_'

answered Jun 07 '20 at 04:40

Red

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Replacing Punctuation in List of Files

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