help with counter

[Brad Hards]

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On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 07:20, Bill Carter wrote:
> #sample command line
> pyrename.py file.01.txt file.400.txt  3 newfile.01.txt
>
> # breakdown
> script name / filename of first file / last filename / drop every 3rd
> file / new filename and start number
I won't code it for you (partly because the problem is underspecified), but as 
a general suggestion, try to loop through the various file names. Inside the 
loop, increment a counter. Also within the loop, test the value of the 
counter against the drop count (using a modulo operator), and if appropriate, 
call os.rename(). I think this is less than 10 lines of code.

Brad
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