how to retrieve files in python with increment filename code example
Example: python increment filename by 1
import glob
import re
import os
def main():
# We want all files that are S00E0x
for name in glob.glob('./*S0*'):
# We want to find in the filename 'Exx' and increase xx by 1
new_name = re.sub('(E)([0-9]{2})', increment, name)
os.rename(name, new_name)
def increment(num):
# Return the first match which is 'E'. Return the 2nd match + 1 which is 'x + 1'
return num.group(1) + str(int(num.group(2)) + 1).zfill(2)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()