Wrote my first Python script to rename 200 files instead of doing it by hand

Used to spend 45 minutes manually renaming photos by date in Windows Explorer, but last night I sat down and wrote a 10-line script that did the whole batch in under 2 seconds. Has anyone else hit that moment where automating a tiny task felt more satisfying than finishing a big project?

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wendyk6311d ago

Wait, did Oliver_torres4 basically go through the same thing my buddy did? He spent a whole afternoon renaming music files one by one until his brother showed him how to batch rename them in like 10 seconds with a simple script. Now he acts like he's some kind of tech wizard every time it comes up.

oliver_torres411d ago

My buddy kept telling me scripts would save me time but I thought nah that's just for coders, not worth the effort. Then I spent three hours one Sunday fixing 150 file names that had some weird formatting error, got so mad I looked up a basic Python tutorial that night. It took me longer to write the script than doing it manually would have, but now I use it every couple months and it's wild how much time it saves. Totally get the feeling of that little win being more satisfying than the big stuff.