rishicode: Python script allows you to recursively rename files an folders

	#! /usr/bin/python
	# batch_replace_text.py
	# Copyright Rishi Rawat - Feel free to distribute, but retain this line
	# MIT license

	import os
	import re

	dirpath = input("enter a path to the dir: ")
	find = input("word to find: ")
	replace = input("word to replace: ")

	print "finding '%s', replacing with '%s' starting at the directory: '%s'\n\n " %(find, replace, dirpath)

	boolean = input("Y/N")


	class replacer:
	def __init__(self, path, searchword, repword):
	self.basepath = path
	self.searchword = searchword
	self.repword = repword
	def replace_file(self,fname):
	f = open(fname)
	contents = f.read()
	f.close()
	contents2 = re.sub(self.searchword, self.repword, contents)
	f = open(fname,"w")
	f.write(contents2)
	f.close()
	if contents2 != contents:
	print "\t\t changed %s" % (fname)


	def replace_folder(self,root, dir_name):
	oldpath = os.path.join(root,dir_name)
	newname = re.sub(self.searchword, self.repword, dir_name)
	newpath = os.path.join(root, newname)
	os.rename(oldpath, newpath)
	if oldpath != newpath:
	print "changed %s to %s" % (oldpath, newpath)
	return newname

	def main(self):
	"rename files"
	for root, dirs, files in os.walk(self.basepath):
	if '.git' in dirs:
	dirs.remove('.git') # don't visit git
	if '.svn' in dirs:
	dirs.remove('.svn') # don't visit svn
	for f in files:
	fname = os.path.join(root,f)
	self.replace_file(fname)
	print "\n\n"
	"do folders"
	for root, dirs, files in os.walk(self.basepath):
	newdirs = [self.replace_folder(root,d) for d in dirs]
	dirs = newdirs



	if boolean == 'Y':
	r = replacer(dirpath, find, replace)
	r.main()

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