I have python script that compares existing file names in a folder to a reference table and then determines if it needs to be renamed or not.
As it loops through each filename:
'oldname' = the current file name
'newname' = what it needs to be renamed to
I want rename the file and move it to a new folder "..\renamedfiles"
Can I do the rename and the move at the same time as it iterates through the loop?
Update:
Apologies, I'm fairly green with scrpting in general but this appears to be pretty basic. shutil.move is exactly what I needed THANKS- I just didn't know to look for it. Successful test below. Now to work it into the script.
import shutil
os.chdir('C:\Users\me\Desktop\New folder')
renFolder= 'Renamed'
oldname = 'Test.txt'
newname= 'renTest.txt'
shutil.move(oldname, renFolder+'/'+newname)
解决方案
os.rename (and os.replace) won't work if the source and target locations are on different partitions/drives/devices. If that's the case, you need to use shutil.move, which will use atomic renaming if possible, and fallback to copy-then-delete if the destination is not on the same file system. It's perfectly happy to both move and rename in the same operation; the operation is the same regardless.