Question

I am trying to use python to rename a filename which contains values such as: ~test1~test2~filename.csv

I want to rename the file to filename.csv. The tildes being my separator for the first two words, and I do not want those words in my finale file name. These words are variables. Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks!

Answer 1

Since the words change for each file name its best to search a directory for files that match a pattern. glob does that for you.

If you have a directory like this:

.
├── ~a~b~c.csv
├── file.csv
├── ~foo~bar~f1.csv
└── hello.txt

Then running this:

import os, glob
for f in glob.glob('~*~*~*.csv'):
    os.rename(f,f.split('~')[-1])

Will give you:

.
├── c.csv
├── f1.csv
├── file.csv
└── hello.txt