Trying to rename files with os.rename throws a FileNotFoundError : [Errno 2]

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I got this directory with these files in it:

drwxr-xr-x 2 kali kali 4096 May 19 04:50 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 kali kali 4096 May 19 05:11 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 kali kali    0 May 19 04:50 jane_contact_07292018.csv
-rw-r--r-- 1 kali kali    0 May 19 04:50 jane_profile_07272018.doc
-rw-r--r-- 1 kali kali    0 May 19 04:50 janez_profile_11042019.doc
-rw-r--r-- 1 kali kali    0 May 19 04:50 kwood_pic_04032017.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 kali kali    0 May 19 04:50 kwood_profile_04022017.doc
-rw-r--r-- 1 kali kali  412 May 19 04:50 list.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 kali kali    0 May 19 04:50 pchow_pic_05162019.jpg

I want to rename the two files starting jane_* to jdoez_*. this is my code:

import sys
import os

path = os.listdir("/home/user/Downloads/student-02-c3f0f7fe19ef/data/")
for i in path:
        print(i)
        if "jane" in i:
                os.rename(i, i.replace("jane", "jdoe"))

When I run it, I get this error message:

janez_profile_11042019.doc
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/user/Downloads/student-02-c3f0f7fe19ef/scripts/changeJane.py", line 14, in <module>
    os.rename(i, i.replace("jane", "jdoe"))
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'janez_profile_11042019.doc' -> 'jdoez_profile_11042019.doc'
file-rename python-3.x
2 Answers

You should add this code line.
It changes the default OS directory as below one.

os.chdir("/home/user/Downloads/student-02-c3f0f7fe19ef/data/")

Whole code:

import sys
import os

os.chdir("/home/user/Downloads/student-02-c3f0f7fe19ef/data/")
path = os.listdir("/home/user/Downloads/student-02-c3f0f7fe19ef/data/")
for i in path:
        print(i)
        if "jane" in i:
                os.rename(i, i.replace("jane", "jdoe"))
user_148129510

Use absolute path for renaming

import sys
import os

folder = "/home/user/Downloads/student-02-c3f0f7fe19ef/data/"

for file in os.listdir(folder):
        if "jane" in file:
                original = os.path.join(folder, file)
                renamed = os.path.join(folder, file.replace("jane", "jdoe"))
                os.rename(original, renamed)
user_51200490
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