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Matching Duplicate file names with different extentions - wmc326 - Aug-07-2017
Hi all,
I'm relatively new to python and need some help with creating a script that is able to pair duplicate file names with different extensions.
For example, say I have a image named 'test1.jpg' and a text file with description of that image named 'test1.txt' and multiple files just like that, with different numbers.
How can i group the two and make a new folder each time there is a match? So with a match for 'test1' there would be a folder named test1, which would include the image and text file. I have done a little research but have been unable to find anything I can use. Let me know what this would look like or direct me to a link that explains how to do this please
Thanks in advance!
RE: Matching Duplicate file names with different extentions - ichabod801 - Aug-07-2017
I would look at the os module and the glob module. They should have the tools you need to do this.
RE: Matching Duplicate file names with different extentions - wavic - Aug-07-2017
glob.glob(pattern) will return a list of file names matching that pattern. You can use it to check for each of this file but with .txt extension. If it exists - os.path.exists('test99.txt') for example.
If that happens use os.mkdir() to create a directory with a proper name and move the files there - os.rename().