Small script for product photography sessions with hundreds of files. Take photo, note the number (DSC_XXXX.nef), and add the product name and the weight (Requirements for this particular assignment). run [python this_file.py reference_file], and all the photos will be renamed to product_(weight kg).nef. Fiddling a lite with the code allows to w…

muncher.py

#! /usr/bin/env python
import os, sys

if __name__=="__main__":
  try: os.chdir(os.path.dirname(__file__))
  except OSError: pass
  filepath="./"+sys.argv[1]
  with open (filepath,"r") as listfile:
    for line in listfile:
      for filename in os.listdir("./"):
        if filename=="DSC_"+line.partition(',')[0]+".nef":
          targetname=line.partition(',')[2].partition(',')[0]+"_("+line.strip().partition(',')[2].partition(',')[2]+"kg).nef"
          print filename,targetname
          os.rename(filename,targetname)