Else, move to the next fileįiles_to_rename =
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The following example demonstrates how to change the names of all the files from a directory.
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New_name = r"E:\demos\files\reports\new_details.txt"Įxample 2: The same code could be wrapped in the try-except block as below. Old_name = r"E:\demos\files\reports\details.txt" Write rename code in the try-except block.Įxample 1: Use os.path.isfile() import os.Use os.path.isfile() in an if condition.We can use the following two approaches to continue with renaming by removing the old file or stop without renaming it. It returns true if the destination file already exists.
Use the isfile(‘path’) function before renaming a file. This can be avoided by wrapping our code in the try-except block. The os.rename() method raises the FileExistsError or OSError when the destination file name already exists. Rename a file after checking whether it exists Note: If the dst already exists then the FileExistsError will be thrown in Windows and in the case of UNIX an OSError will be thrown.