Add alternative windows renamer

win_fh_rename.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+# Solution inspired by: https://gist.github.com/kmorcinek/2710267
+
+# This script will convert the date between the parentehsis and get the oldest date
+# It will delete the older files and search all sub directories
+# This definitely isn't the most efficient, but can process tens of thousands of files in less than a second
+
+import re
+from os.path import join
+import os.path
+from os import walk, rename, remove
+import os
+import sys
+
+from datetime import datetime
+
+FOLDER_PATH = os.getcwd()
+
+processed = []
+
+for path, subdirs, files in walk(FOLDER_PATH):
+    for i, name in enumerate(files):  # Iterate over the original list
+
+        if name in processed:
+            continue
+
+        print('{} / {}'.format(i + 1, len(files)))
+
+        # Extract the date from the parentheses using regex
+        match = re.search(r'\((\d{4}_\d{2}_\d{2} \d{2}_\d{2}_\d{2} UTC)\)', name)
+        if match:
+            date_in_parentheses = match.group(1)
+
+            # Convert the date to a datetime object for comparison
+            formatted_date = datetime.strptime(date_in_parentheses, "%Y_%m_%d %H_%M_%S %Z")
+
+            # Find all files that match regex
+            duplicates = [f for f in files if re.sub(r' \(.+\)', '', f) == re.sub(r' \(.+\)', '', name)]
+
+            # Find the newest file among duplicates
+            newest_file = max(duplicates, key=lambda f: datetime.strptime(re.search(r'\((\d{4}_\d{2}_\d{2} \d{2}_\d{2}_\d{2} UTC)\)', f).group(1), "%Y_%m_%d %H_%M_%S %Z"))
+            print("Newest file found:", newest_file)
+
+            # Rename the current file if needed
+            new_name = re.sub(r' \(.+\)', '', newest_file)
+
+            # Move older duplicates to the fixed directory
+            for duplicate in duplicates:
+                duplicate_path = join(path, duplicate)
+                if duplicate != newest_file:
+                    # Check if file exists because it can be deleted already
+                    if os.path.isfile(duplicate_path):
+                        remove(duplicate_path)
+                        print(f"Removed older duplicate: {duplicate_path}")
+                else:
+                    if os.path.isfile(duplicate_path):
+                        rename(join(path, newest_file), join(path, new_name))
+                        print(f"Renamed: {duplicate_path} to {join(path, new_name)}")
+
+                processed.append(duplicate_path)
+
+
+        else:
+            print(f"Skipping {join(path, name)}")
+
+print(f"Processed {len(processed)} files.")