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Rename files by removing the starting and matching string
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| import os | |
| import sys | |
| from os import path | |
| parameters = sys.argv[1:] | |
| if len(parameters) == 0: | |
| print(f"usage: {sys.argv[0]} <startswith-string>") | |
| sys.exit(0) | |
| if len(parameters) > 0: | |
| for file in os.listdir(): | |
| if file.startswith(parameters[0]) and path.isfile(file): | |
| old_name = file | |
| new_name = file[len(parameters[0]):] | |
| print(f"Renaming {old_name} -> {new_name}") | |
| os.renames(old_name, new_name) |
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