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changing characters in multiple strings in a list - newmanf - Feb-22-2018
Well I've tried many things and I can't seem to find a way to change strings or file names in a list such as:
CT-0921-0001
CT-0921-0002
CT-0922-0003
.
.
.
TO new file names
CT-008-0001
CT-008-0002
CT-008-0003
.
.
.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks ahead of time
RE: changing characters in multiple strings in a list - wavic - Feb-23-2018
>>> "CT-0921-0001".replace('921', '08')
'CT-008-0001'
RE: changing characters in multiple strings in a list - kannanv110 - Feb-23-2018
Below code will work well for whatever in between "-"
#!/usr/bin/python
import glob
from __future__ import print_function
for fileName in glob.glob('CT-*'):
fileName = fileName.split('-')
fileName[1] = '008'
fileName = '-'.join(fileName)
print(fileName)
RE: changing characters in multiple strings in a list - newmanf - Feb-23-2018
Thank you. I was looking at glob function. It printed the new names very nicely but I actually need the names in the directory to be changed. So I am looking at os.rename(fileName, fileName.replace ...). Not sure how to make it change the names in the directory.