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 CHEESE_TYPE
I'm trying to use the os.path.split
but it's not working properly. I have also considered using string manipulations, but have not been successful with that either.
Use os.rename(src, dst)
to rename or move a file or a directory.
$ ls
cheese_cheese_type.bar cheese_cheese_type.foo
$ python
>>> import os
>>> for filename in os.listdir("."):
... if filename.startswith("cheese_"):
... os.rename(filename, filename[7:])
...
>>>
$ ls
cheese_type.bar cheese_type.foo