Can we rename a file say test.txt to test1.txt ? If test1.txt exists will it rename ? How do I rename it to the already existing test1.txt file so the new contents of test.txt are added to it for later use? 15 Answers 15
This question already has answers here: How to rename a file using Python (17 answers) Rename multiple files in Python (7 answers) Closed 4 years ago. I’m trying to rename some files in a directory using Python. Say I have a file called CHEESE_CHEESE_TYPE.*** and want to remove CHEESE_ so my resulting filename would be … Read more
In a directory, I have a bunch of *.html files. I’d like to rename them all to *.txt How can I do that? I use the bash shell. 28 s 28 If using bash, there’s no need for external commands like sed, basename, rename, expr, etc. for file in *.html do mv “$file” “${file%.html}.txt” done
I want to change a.txt to b.kml. 17 s 17 Use os.rename: import os os.rename(‘a.txt’, ‘b.kml’)
I am trying to rename a file to have different capitalization from what it had before: git mv src/collision/b2AABB.js src/collision/B2AABB.js fatal: destination exists, source=src/collision/b2AABB.js, destination=src/collision/B2AABB.js As you can see, Git throws a fit over this. I tried renaming using just the plain old mv command as well, but Git doesn’t pick up the rename (as … Read more
Copied from http://exampledepot.8waytrips.com/egs/java.io/RenameFile.html // File (or directory) with old name File file = new File(“oldname”); // File (or directory) with new name File file2 = new File(“newname”); if (file2.exists()) throw new java.io.IOException(“file exists”); // Rename file (or directory) boolean success = file.renameTo(file2); if (!success) { // File was not successfully renamed } To append to the … Read more
