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Python Python for File Systems Manipulation Consistency

Jonathan Beard
Jonathan Beard
1,681 Points
Posted by Jonathan Beard
Jonathan Beard
1,681 Points

Need assistance in splitting date and names for function

I wrote the below code, but after running it realized it will just keep renaming them based on the new order, rather than naming them correctly and verifying the format. I have no clue how to proceed. The videos didn't go over how to split and verify the string.

consistency.py 
import os

# Filenames consist of a username (alphanumeric, 3-12 characters)
# and a date (four digit year, two digit month, two digit day),
# and an extension. They should end up in the format
# year-month-day-username.extension.

# Example: kennethlove2-2012-04-29.txt becomes 2012-04-29-kennethlove2.txt
path = list(os.listdir(path))

def cleanup(path):
    # your code here
    for file in files:
    name_file = file.split('-')
    file_ext = name_file[3].split('.')
    new_filename = name_file[1] + '-' + name_file[2] + '-' + file_ext[0] + '-' +name_file[0] + '.' + file_ext[1]
    os.rename(path + file, path + new_filename)

cleanup(path)