Renaming multiple files in a directory using Python

Question

I'm trying to rename multiple files in a directory using this Python script:

import os
path = '/Users/myName/Desktop/directory'
files = os.listdir(path)
i = 1

for file in files:
    os.rename(file, str(i)+'.jpg')
    i = i+1

When I run this script, I get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "rename.py", line 7, in <module>
    os.rename(file, str(i)+'.jpg')
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

Why is that? How can I solve this issue?

Thanks.

Answer 1

You are not giving the whole path while renaming, do it like this:

import os
path = '/Users/myName/Desktop/directory'
files = os.listdir(path)


for index, file in enumerate(files):
    os.rename(os.path.join(path, file), os.path.join(path, ''.join([str(index), '.jpg'])))

Edit: Thanks to tavo, The first solution would move the file to the current directory, fixed that.