Here's a small python script that can do what you ask
Basic usage:
python rename_files.py Pictures/
It will print output to stdout
before renaming each file
This version pushes index until it is found that filename with such index is not taken. Although filenames may start at different index upon successive iterations of the script, the files themselves remain unchanged.
import os
import sys
top_dir = os.path.abspath(sys.argv[1])
files = os.listdir( top_dir )
for index,item in enumerate(files):
if os.path.isdir( os.path.join(top_dir,item) ):
files.pop(index)
files.sort()
duplicates = []
last_index = None
for index,item in enumerate(files):
last_index = index
extension = ""
if '.' in item:
extension = '.' + item.split('.')[-1]
old_file = os.path.join(top_dir,item)
new_file = os.path.join(top_dir,str(index) + extension )
while os.path.isfile(new_file):
last_index += 1
new_file = os.path.join(top_dir,str(last_index) + extension )
print( old_file + ' renamed to ' + new_file )
os.rename(old_file,new_file)
Alternative version, solves issue with duplicate filenames by appending timestamp to each filename, and then enumerating them. This solution may take longer time, as number of files increases, but for directories that range in hundreds , this won't take long time
import os
import sys
import time
top_dir = os.path.abspath(sys.argv[1])
files = os.listdir( top_dir )
for index,item in enumerate(files):
if os.path.isdir( os.path.join(top_dir,item) ):
files.pop(index)
files.sort()
timestamp = str(int(time.time()))
for item in files:
os.rename( os.path.join(top_dir,item) ,
os.path.join(top_dir, timestamp + item) )
files2 = os.listdir( top_dir )
for index,item in enumerate(files2):
if os.path.isdir( os.path.join(top_dir,item) ):
files2.pop(index)
for index,item in enumerate( files2 ):
last_index = index
extension = ""
if '.' in item:
extension = '.' + item.split('.')[-1]
old_file = os.path.join(top_dir,item)
new_file = os.path.join(top_dir,str(index) + extension )
while os.path.isfile(new_file):
last_index += 1
new_file = os.path.join(top_dir,str(last_index) + extension )
print( old_file + ' renamed to ' + new_file )
os.rename(old_file,new_file)
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