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recursively search for files in directories and copy them to new location with modified name
import shutil
import os
import re
source = os.walk("~/Downloads/camera/")
destination = "~/Downloads/mobotix-pic/"
# for files in source:
for root, dirs, files in source:
# print(files)
for _file in files:
if _file.endswith(".jpg"):
print("Found this file: " + root + "/" + _file)
# print ("root: " + root)
# print("dirs: " + dirs)
prefix = "MT644"
name_arr = re.split('\_', _file)
shutil.copy(root + "/" + _file, destination + prefix + "_" + name_arr[0] + "_" + name_arr[1] + "-" + name_arr[2] + ".jpg")
# prefix = "MT644"
# name_arr = re.split('\_','2016-06-16_14_30_01.291.jpg')
# print name_arr
# date_arr = re.split('\-', name_arr[0])
# print("Year: " + date_arr[0])
# print("Month: " + date_arr[1])
# print("Day: " + date_arr[2])
# print("Date: " + name_arr[0])
# print("Hour: " + name_arr[1])
# print("Minute: " + name_arr[2])
# print ("Option 1 - Name: " + prefix + "_" + name_arr[0] + "_" + name_arr[1] + "-" + name_arr[2] + ".jpg")
# print ("Option 2 - Name: " + prefix + "_" + date_arr[2] + "-" + date_arr[1] + "-" + date_arr[0] + "_" + name_arr[1] + "-" + name_arr[2] + ".jpg")
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