Script written for https://www.greghilston.com/post/automate_the_boring_stuff_renaming_files/

automating_the_boring_stuff_renaming_files.py

# contains helpful premade actions we'll be using later.
# Anything that starts with os. came from this
import os

# gets a list of all the items in the current directory
file_names = os.listdir(".")

# we'll loop over every file in the current directory
for file_name in file_names:
    # define the prefix we're looking to remove
    prefix = "sony_"

    # if this current file has the prefix we don't want
    if prefix in file_name:
        # create the new file name without the prefix
        new_file_name = file_name[len(prefix):]

        # print out for improved readability
        print(f"renaming {file_name} to {new__file_name}")

        # perform the actual renaming of the file
        os.rename(file_name, new_file_name)