import os dir_path = r"D:\Code\ML\images\Mywork3\card_database_no_compress\prizm\21-22" for name in os.listdir(dir_path): dir_name = os.path.join(dir_path, name) new_name = os.path.join(dir_path, name.split(' ')[0]) os.rename(dir_name, new_name) print(name, ' ====>> ', name.split(' ')[0])