Comments on: Renaming files using ruby!

By: Pink Chocobo

Pink Chocobo — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:42:01 +0000

Here is a variation - it will ask what you want as a prefix (in my case, renaming music files)

#/Users/kriplean/desktop/ruby/renamev2.rb

def rename_files_in_directory(dir, add_this_text)
files = Dir.entries(dir)
files.each do |filename|
next if filename == “.” or filename == “..”
oldFile = dir + “/” + filename
newFile = dir + “/” + add_this_text + filename
puts add_this_text + filename
File.rename(oldFile, newFile)
end
end

dir = “/Users/myusername/desktop/files”
puts “Type the Artist Name:”
add_this_text = gets.chomp
rename_files_in_directory(dir, add_this_text)

By: Pink Chocobo

Pink Chocobo — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:42:00 +0000

Here is a variation - it will ask what you want as a prefix (in my case, renaming music files)

#/Users/kriplean/desktop/ruby/renamev2.rb

dir = “/Users/myusername/desktop/files”
puts “Type the Artist Name:”
add_this_text = gets.chomp
rename_files_in_directory(dir, add_this_text)

By: Derek

Derek — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 04:58:52 +0000

What happens if a file already exists with the new name?
i.e. you call”

File.rename(’myfile.txt’, ‘_myfile.txt’)

when ‘_myfile.txt’ exists.

Sorting may prevent this, assuming nothing sorts before the “_” character

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