py-filename

A Python script to add/remove file name prefix/suffix

Core functions: filename.py

1. filename.searchByExt(rootpath, ext) Find files in rootpath with a certain file extentison of ext, obtain their file paths, store those file paths into a list, and return it.

2. filename.modifyPrefix(filelist, oldPrefix='', newPrefix='') For the files listed in filelist, change their file name prefix from oldPrefix to newPrefix.

3. filename.modifySuffix(filelist, oldSuffix='', newSuffix='') For the files listed in filelist, change their file name suffix from oldSuffix to newSuffix.

Sample code: filename_sample_code.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import filename

def main():
    rootpath = '~/Documents' # change this to a proper directory path
    ext = 'pdf' # change it to whatever file extension you need
    oldPrefix = '' # left empty when adding new prefix
    newPrefix = 'prefix-' # left empty when removing old prefix
    oldSuffix = '' # left empty when adding new suffix
    newSuffix = '-suffix' # left empty when removing old suffix

    results = filename.searchByExt(rootpath, ext)
    filename.modifyPrefix(results, oldPrefix, newPrefix)
    filename.modifySuffix(results, oldSuffix, newSuffix)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Further reading

1. Python和正则表达式：给PDF文件批量添加前缀或后缀