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Pathlib: change end of file name

I am trying to iterate through a directory, do something to each of the files and then save a new file with a different name similar to the question here, but I am looking for a solution using pathlib. I am just not sure how to add the desired ending to the end of the file name

movie_dir = pathlib.Path("/movies")
save_dir = pathlib.Path("/corrected_movies")


for dir in movie_dir.iterdir():
    for movie_path in dir.iterdir():
        save_path = save_dir / movie_path # want to add _corrected.avi to end of file name
Solution

  • So, assuming your movie_path paths have the correct extension already, you can do something like:

    save_path = save_dir / move_path.with_stem(movie_path.stem + "_corrected")

    If they don't have the same extension, then you can add:

    save_path = save_dir / move_path.with_stem(movie_path.stem + "_corrected").with_suffix(".avi")

    Also, as mentioned in the comments, be careful that movie_path is going to be an absolute path! Do a dry run to see. If that is the case, and you could simply extract the .name, so:

    save_path = (
    save_dir / move_path.with_stem(movie_path.stem + "_corrected").with_suffix(".avi").name
)

    Although, given your situation and not having to keep the original extension, I think this can just be simplified to:

    save_path = save_dir / (movie_path.stem + "_corrected.avi")