ArcPy Rename Loop

Question

Does anybody have an ArcPy script which points to a directory and renames files within that directory?

For example, I have approximately 1500 raster files with names along the lines of m_3609922_nw_14_1_20100425 which need to be subsetted to: "3609922nw".

Thanks much!

-Aaron

Answer 1

Something like this ought to get you going...

import os
import arcpy
from arcpy import env

# directory containing rasters to be renamed
RASTER_DIR = 'C:/MyRasters/'

env.workspace = RASTER_DIR
for raster in arcpy.ListRasters():

    # get the raster name and file extension
    fileName,fileExtension = os.path.splitext(raster)

    # do some shenanigans to rename the file
    # based on your sample raster name, fileNameParts would look like
    # fileNameParts[0] = m
    # fileNameParts[1] = 3609922
    # fileNameParts[2] = nw
    # fileNameParts[3] = 14
    # fileNameParts[4] = 1
    # fileNameParts[5] = 20100425

    fileNameParts = fileName.split('_')
    compactFileName = fileNameParts[1] + fileNameParts[2] + fileExtension

    arcpy.Rename_management(raster,compactFileName)