Merge pull request #2313 from Rancho2002/file-renamer

Added [script]: rename-file by modified time

Author: avinashkranjan

Rename_by_time/main.py

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+import os
+from math import log10
+
+files=os.listdir(".")
+
+files.sort(key=lambda x: os.path.getmtime(x))
+# print(files) # list index 0 hold the oldest file
+digits=int(log10(len(files)))+1
+
+print(f"\nPlease verify the new file names for accuracy: press 'p' to review the file names, or 'y'/'Y' to proceed with the renaming process. Press any other key to exit the program.\n")
+n=input()
+
+if(n=="y" or n=="Y" or n=="p"):
+    rename,hidden=0,0
+    for i in range(len(files)-1):
+        
+        oldname=files[i]
+        
+        if(files[i][0]=="."):
+            hidden+=1
+            continue
+
+        if "_" in files[i] and files[i][0]!="_":
+            index=files[i].find("_")
+            isNum=files[index-1]
+        
+            if(isNum >="0" and isNum<="9"):
+                tempOld=files[i][index+1:]
+            else:
+                tempOld=files[i]
+        else:
+            tempOld=files[i]
+
+        rename+=1
+        newfile_name=f"{str(rename).zfill(digits)}_{tempOld}"
+
+        if(n=="p"):
+            print(f"{tempOld} --> {newfile_name}")
+        else:
+            os.rename(oldname,newfile_name)
+            
+    print(f"\nNumber of hidden files are {hidden}. For safety purpose, they will be kept unchanged.")
+
+else:
+    print("File renaming cancel.") 
+    exit(0)
+
+if n=="y" or n=="Y":
+    print("\nFile renaming successful.")

Rename_by_time/readme.md

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+# Rename Files by Time- The most powerful renamer
+This software can rename your all current directory files in ascending order based on recently modified time. Oldest file named with 01_oldname .... like this
+
+# Video Demo 
+
+
+https://github.com/Rancho2002/Amazing-Python-Scripts/assets/92109154/12ea31cd-e257-499f-bb3a-6491f4cf2c67
+