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April 29, 2022 11:46
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Simple script to rename files based on their MD5
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| #!/usr/bin/env python3 | |
| import sys | |
| import argparse | |
| import os | |
| import hashlib | |
| def parseArguments(): | |
| parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Rename files based on their MD5") | |
| parser.add_argument('file', | |
| type=argparse.FileType('rb'), | |
| nargs='+') | |
| parser.add_argument('-x', '--extension', | |
| default='file', | |
| help='Extension to rename input files to (default is ".file")') | |
| args = parser.parse_args() | |
| return args | |
| def main(): | |
| args = parseArguments() | |
| for f in args.file: | |
| filemd5 = hashlib.md5(f.read()).hexdigest() | |
| newFilename = "{:s}.{:s}".format(filemd5, args.extension) | |
| print("Renaming file {:s} to {:s}".format | |
| (f.name, newFilename),file=sys.stderr) | |
| os.rename(f.name, newFilename) | |
| if __name__ == "__main__": | |
| main() |
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