how to use file.rename to rename from an edited file list in R

Question

I am remming some files. First I create a list.

files_list<-list.files()

Now I edit the list of files so I can manually arrange them in any order I want.

new_files_list<-edit(files_list)

Using the file.rename function I am able to rename the files numerically. How can I modify the command below so it uses the file order I manually set in the above command?

file.rename(from = list.files(pattern="file*"), paste0(stem_file_name,numeric_renaming, ".abc"))

and-bri · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-27 20:24:36Z

this will rename all files in the folder by numerate them. Be carfull with this, you can produce a lot of disorder in your system when you don't change the working directory with setwd().

setwd("/home/spazieren/playground") files_list<-list.files() new_files_list <- edit(files_list) file.rename(from = files_list, to=new_files_list)

Thank you for your answer, but my main question is to edit the list of files manually in new_files_list<-edit(files_list), then somehow use that new list in the file.rename function
Maybe I don't understand your point. But you can use it last with your line

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