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How to change existing date to current date in a filename? - shankar455 - Apr-17-2019
Suppose i have a list of files in a directory as mentioned below
1. Shankar_04152019_ny.txt
2. Gopi_shan_03122019_mi.txt
3. Siva_mourya_02242019_nd.txt
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1000 . Jiva_surya_02282019_nd.txt
query : At one shot i want to modify the above all filenames present in one path with current date as mentioned like below
Since todays date is :04172019
1. Shankar_04172019_ny.txt
2. Gopi_shan_04172019_mi.txt
3. Siva_mourya_04172019_nd.txt.....etc
Kindly suggest me script .
RE: How to change existing date to current date in a filename? - snippsat - Apr-17-2019
(Apr-17-2019, 12:00 PM)shankar455 Wrote: Kindly suggest me script .I don't work like this here,you have to show some effort
Can give some hint that should take you close if put together.
import os
path = r'some_path'
for file in os.scandir(path):
if file.name.endswith('.txt'):
# Do something to all .txt>>> import re >>> >>> today = '04172019' >>> s = 'Siva_mourya_02242019_nd.txt' >>> re.sub(r'\d+', today, s) 'Siva_mourya_04172019_nd.txt'