Rename and move file with Python

Question

I have python script that compares existing file names in a folder to a reference table and then determines if it needs to be renamed or not.

As it loops through each fi

Answer 1

To do both of the operations, you can use the os.rename(src, dest) function.

You should have the wanted directory to save the file in, and the new file name. You can do this for every file you run across in your loop.

For example:

# In Windows
dest_dir = "tmp\\2"
new_name = "bar.txt"
current_file_name = "tmp\\1\\foo.txt"
os.rename(current_file_name, os.path.join(dest_dir, new_name))

The rename function allows you to change the name of the file and it's folder at the same time.

To prevent any errors in renaming and moving of the file, use shutil.move.