Batch rename sequential files by padding with zeroes

Question

I have a bunch of files named like so:

output_1.png
output_2.png
...
output_10.png
...
output_120.png

What is the easiest way of renaming t

Answer 1

Here is a Python script I wrote that pads zeroes depending on the largest number present and ignores non-numbered files in the given directory. Usage:

python ensure_zero_padding_in_numbering_of_files.py /path/to/directory

Body of script:

import argparse
import os
import re
import sys

def main(cmdline):

    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
        description='Ensure zero padding in numbering of files.')
    parser.add_argument('path', type=str,
        help='path to the directory containing the files')
    args = parser.parse_args()
    path = args.path

    numbered = re.compile(r'(.*?)(\d+)\.(.*)')

    numbered_fnames = [fname for fname in os.listdir(path)
                       if numbered.search(fname)]

    max_digits = max(len(numbered.search(fname).group(2))
                     for fname in numbered_fnames)

    for fname in numbered_fnames:
        _, prefix, num, ext, _  = numbered.split(fname, maxsplit=1)
        num = num.zfill(max_digits)
        new_fname = "{}{}.{}".format(prefix, num, ext)
        if fname != new_fname:
            os.rename(os.path.join(path, fname), os.path.join(path, new_fname))
            print "Renamed {} to {}".format(fname, new_fname)
        else:
            print "{} seems fine".format(fname)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))