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How to bulk rename PDFs with Python

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Today I will show you a simple way to bulk rename your pdf files. If you have a group of PDFs that need to be copied and renamed for multiple folders this script will help you a lot.

Let's jump to the code.

import os
import shutil
from datetime import date
from os import walk
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after importing we need to define the path:

mypath = r'C:\Users\Stokry\Desktop\python\bulk\main'
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the we need to get files to rename:

_, _, filesnames = next(walk(mypath))
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files will be copied into folders name John and Anna:

list = ['John', 'Anna']
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also, we will set a current date

today = date.today().strftime("%m_%d_%y")
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then we can create the new folders:

for name in list:
    newdir = name + '_' + today
    path = os.path.join(mypath, newdir)
    os.mkdir(path)
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this will copy the files:

for file in filesnames:
        shutil.copy(mypath + '\\' + file, path)
        os.rename(path + '\\' + file, path + '\\' + name + '' + file)
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This is our final result:

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Thank you all.

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