On Apr 5, 2005 10:43 AM, Jeffrey Maitland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That approach works, but so does this one.
>
> import os, glob
>
> input_file_list = glob.glob('*.txt')
> for in_file in input_file_list:
> name = in_file.split('.')
> os.rename(in_file, str(name[0]) + '.' + 'text'))
>
you should really use in_file.splitext - your script renames
myfile.with.lots.of.dots.txt to myfile.text instead of
myfile.with.lots.of.dots.text .
If you *really* wanted to use split(), it oughta be
''.join(in_file.split('.')[:-1]) , but why not use the built-in?
Peace
Bill Mill
bill.mill at gmail.com
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