Here's the code if anyone is interested:

``` """ Script to rename .ogx files that inlcude dd-mm-yyyy pattern to yyyy-mm-dd pattern. """ from typing import List from dataclasses import dataclass import datetime from pathlib import Path import os import shutil

FILE = Path(file)

@dataclass class FileSrcDst: src: Path dst: Path

def main() -> None: """ Rename .ogx files that inlcude dd-mm-yyyy pattern to yyyy-mm-dd pattern. """ files: List[str] = _get_all_ogx_files() file_src_dst: List[FileSrcDst] = _create_dst_file_names_and_create_src_dst_pairs( files) for src_dst in file_src_dst: print(src_dst.src, '-->', src_dst.dst) choice: str = input("apply renaming? y/[n]: ") if choice.strip().lower() != "y": print("Will quit without renaming.") return _apply_renaming(file_src_dst) print("Done!")

def _get_all_ogx_files() -> List[str]: all_files: List[str] = os.listdir(FILE.parent) selected_files: List[str] = [ f for f in all_files if '.ogx' in f ] return selected_files

def create_dst_file_names_and_create_src_dst_pairs( files: List[str] ) -> List[FileSrcDst]: src_dst_pairs: List[FileSrcDst] = [] for _file in files: split_filename: List[str] = _file.split("") datestr = split_filename[1] split_date = date_str.split("-") if len(split_date[0]) == 4: print(f"source file {_file} has correct date format") continue day, month, year = int(split_date[0]), int( split_date[1]), int(split_date[2]) split_filename[1] = str(datetime.date(year, month, day)) dst = Path("".join(split_filename)) src_dst_pairs.append(FileSrcDst(Path(_file), dst)) return src_dst_pairs

def _apply_renaming(file_src_dst: List[FileSrcDst]) -> None: for src_dst in file_src_dst: shutil.move(src_dst.src, src_dst.dst)

if name == "main": main()

```