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Simple file rename script
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Quick and easy script to change the name of files and folders without Pythonista's automatic extension guessing thing. Allows "changing" a file's type from/to Python script,
pyui
file or plain text, renaming of unopenable files, and moving files and folders to another location.This script is meant to be short, easy to use and newbie-friendly. It does nothing that can't also be done with Shellista or StaSh, which are a better choice if you are a power user and have experience with
bash
and command lines.(GitHub)
import console import editor import os import sys DOCUMENTS = os.path.realpath(os.path.expanduser("~/Documents")) if DOCUMENTS.startswith("/private"): DOCUMENTS = DOCUMENTS[len("/private"):] def main(args): try: # Source and destination are passed via runtime args src, dest = args except (TypeError, ValueError): # Get source and destination from user curfile = os.path.relpath(editor.get_path() or "", DOCUMENTS) shortsrc = console.input_alert( "Source Name", # title "Path is relative to Script Library root", # message curfile, # input ) src = os.path.join(DOCUMENTS, shortsrc) if not os.path.exists(src): console.hud_alert("Source file does not exist", "error") sys.exit(1) dest = os.path.join(DOCUMENTS, console.input_alert( "Destination Name", # title "Path is relative to Script Library root", # message shortsrc, # input )) else: # Process source and destination from runtime args src, dest = os.path.join(DOCUMENTS, src), os.path.join(DOCUMENTS, dest) if not os.path.exists(src): console.hud_alert("Source file does not exist", "error") sys.exit(1) if os.path.exists(dest): console.hud_alert("Destination file already exists", "error") sys.exit(1) os.rename(src, dest) sys.exit(0) if __name__ == "__main__": main(sys.argv[1:])