os.rename() for file extensions winerror2

Question

I have been looking for solutions for a while but no luck. I apologise if this has already been solved.

Trying to rename file extensions from.ods to.xls across all files in a directory:

import os

def Convert(dirpath):
for ws in os.listdir(dirpath):
    splitfile = os.path.splitext(ws)
    os.rename(ws, splitfile[0] + '.xls')

Convert('my_directory')

This returns the error: FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified: 'filename_that_exists.ods' -> 'filename_that_exists.xls'

Answer 1

Try this might solve your problem

    os.rename(os.path.join(directory,name), 
              os.path.join(directory,'0'+name))