Rename a file in Python

To rename a file in Python 3 you just have to use the rename function of the os module. The code is really simple.

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import os

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file = "/home/geekole/Documents/python/files/file.txt"
new_name = "/home/geekole/Documents/python/files/renamed_file.txt"

os.rename(file, new_name)

The function asks for the full path of the file and the full path of the file with the new name as parameters. If a file with the same name exists, it will overwrite it.

When executing the code the file is renamed.

We hope this example of how to rename a file in Python will be useful to you.