quick script to rename all files in a folder

renamer.py

"""
very quick and dirty batch renamer - needed for downloaded files
"""

import sys
from pathlib import Path

if len(sys.argv)<2: 
    print("usage: renamer.py FOLDER")
    print("argument 'FOLDER'  missing.")
    sys.exit(1)

folder = sys.argv[1]
folder = Path(folder)

try:
    for p in folder.iterdir():
        newname = p.name.replace("'","")
        # newname = newname.replace(","," -")
        # print(p.name, " - ", newname)
        p.rename(folder/newname)

except Exception as e:
    print(repr(e))