How do I serially rename multiple files at once in shell scripting (or python)? [duplicate]

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I have this dir with multiple *.mp4 files. I would like to add serial no. in order as a prefix, still keeping the original name unchanged. I'm quite new to shell scripting, (also couldnt find a proper answer on google) so It would be nice if someone explains it to me. If it can be done with python, It would be even better!(i know py little bit)

The shell code i wrote: n=01 for f in *.mp4; do mv -- "$f" "$n+01. {f%.mp4}" done

What my dir looked like: ***.mp4 ***.mp4 ***.mp4

What it looks like now: 01+01. {f%.mp4}

What I expect to happen: 01. ***.mp4 02. ***.mp4 . . 12. ***.mp4

Thanking you in advance.

Please check : stackoverflow.com/a/23229147 iterate and use mv command — Jaydeep Devda
– Jaydeep Devda, Commented Nov 14, 2022 at 6:23
It is not clear from your question: Do you have problems looping over files, or, given a single file, do you have problems renaming it? — user1934428
– user1934428, Commented Nov 14, 2022 at 8:20

Pedram Porbaha · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-14 07:44:45Z

In Python, several ways to do this, for example:

import os os.chdir(path) # Enter your desired path like r"D:\My Articles\Phd\ACCRUFER" allFiles = os.listdir() mp4Files = [file for file in allfiles if file.endswith('.mp4')] for i, file in enumerate(files, 1): index = str(i).zfill(2) # to make 1 -> '01' newName = index + '.' + file os.rename(file, newName) print(file, 'Renamed to', newName)

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