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File Management Scripts

This repository contains two Python scripts to perform basic file operations:

  1. Listing Files with Specific Extension
  2. Renaming and Moving Files

Scripts Overview

1. List Files with Specific Extension

This script lists all files with a given extension in a specified directory and saves the filenames (without extensions) to a text file.

Code:

import os

def list_files_with_extension(directory, extension, output_file='file_names.txt'):
    with open(output_file, 'w') as f:
        for file in os.listdir(directory):
            if file.endswith(extension) and file != os.path.basename(output_file):
                f.write(file[:-len(extension)] + '\n')

    print(f"File names with extension '{extension}' have been saved to '{output_file}'.")

# Example usage
directory = r"C:\Users\amitv\Videos\example" 
extension = ".txt"

list_files_with_extension(directory, extension)

How it works:

  • Lists all .txt files (or any specified extension) in the directory.
  • Saves the filenames (without extensions) into file_names.txt.

2. Rename and Move Files

This script renames files following a specific pattern and moves them to a new directory.

Code:

import os
import shutil

# Directories
source_folder = r'C:\Users\amitv\Videos\example'
destination_folder = r'C:\Users\amitv\Videos\example\edited_files'

os.makedirs(destination_folder, exist_ok=True)

for i in range(1, 11):
    old_name = f'example{i}.txt'
    new_name = f'edit_example{i}.txt'

    old_file_path = os.path.join(source_folder, old_name)
    new_file_path = os.path.join(destination_folder, new_name)

    if os.path.isfile(old_file_path):
        shutil.move(old_file_path, new_file_path)
        print(f'Renamed and moved: {old_file_path} -> {new_file_path}')
    else:
        print(f'File {old_file_path} does not exist.')

How it works:

  • Checks for files named example1.txt to example10.txt in the source_folder.
  • Renames them to edit_example1.txt to edit_example10.txt.
  • Moves the renamed files to the edited_files folder.

Requirements

  • Python 3.x
  • No external libraries required (only uses os and shutil from the standard library).

Usage

  1. Update the directory, source_folder, and destination_folder variables to match your desired paths.
  2. Run each script as needed to manage your files.

Acknowledgment

This code was generated under the guidance of ChatGPT.