Python script not working when run from browser directly
- by splatterdash
I'm trying to run this script:
import re, os
def build_pool(cwd):
global xtn_pool, file_pool
xtn, xtn_pool = re.compile('\\.[0-9a-zA-Z]{1,4}$'), []
file_pool = [files for files in os.listdir(cwd) if os.path.isfile(files) and xtn.search(files)]
# Lists all the file extension in the folder
for file in file_pool:
if not xtn_pool.__contains__(xtn.search(file).group()):
xtn_pool.append(xtn.search(file).group())
return xtn_pool.sort(), file_pool
if __name__ == '__main__':
import sys
#if path is given, change working directory to path
if len(sys.argv) >= 2:
os.chdir(sys.argv[1])
build_pool(os.getcwd())
#if no path is given when running, do renaming in current folder
else:
build_pool(os.getcwd())
print('The folder contains the following extensions: ')
for i in range(0, len(xtn_pool)):
print(repr(i+1) + '. ' + xtn_pool[i][1:])
opt = int(input('Which one would you like to replace? '))
xtn_pick = xtn_pool[opt-1]
# Lists all the file with the chosen extension
xtn_file_pool = [file for file in file_pool if file.endswith(xtn_pick)]
print('There are {0} files with the {1} extension.'.format(len(xtn_file_pool), xtn_pick))
xtn_new = input('Input replacement extension: ')
# The actual renaming process
for file in xtn_file_pool:
os.rename(file, file[:-len(xtn_pick)+1] + xtn_new)
directly from my file browser (Nautilus), but for some reason it's not working. When I run it from terminal (python3 scriptname.py) it works fine as intended. But when I just click the script file in Nautilus, choose 'Run in Terminal', it always stops after asking 'Input replacement extension: '.
How can I make this script run without using the terminal?
