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rename many directories by Python via Regular expression and Pathlib.
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rename_directories.py
#! /usr/bin/env python3
import os
import re
from pathlib import Path
for dn, dps, fns in os.walk('.'):
if re.search(r'\./.+_\d{8}', dn) is not None:
# rename to 20200324_test from test_20200324
Path(dn).rename(Path(re.sub(r'(\./)(.+)_(\d{8})', r'\1\3_\2', dn)))
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