I want to rename a file from say {file1} to {file2}. I read about os.rename(file1,file2) in python and is able to do so.
I succeeded only when the the file is placed in the same folder as python script, so I want to ask how can we rename files of other folders i.e. different folder than the one in which python script is placed.
Just use the full path, instead of the relative path:
oldFile = 'C:\\folder\\subfolder\\inFile.txt'
newFile = 'C:\\foo\\bar\\somewhere\\other\\outFile.txt'
os.rename(oldFile, newFile)
To get the double-slash behavior, you can do the following
import os
oldFile = r'C:\folder\subfolder\inFile.txt' # note the r character for raw string
os.path.normpath(oldFile)
Output
'C:\\folder\\subfolder\\inFile.txt'
os.path.normpath function to create a path.As others have noted, you need to use full path.
On the other note, take a look at shutil.move documentation, it can also be used for renaming.
