#!/bin/env python import os for root, dirs, files in os.walk('txt'): for filename in files: oldpath = os.path.join(root, filename) f = open(oldpath) firstline = f.readline() f.close() if firstline.startswith("ATLAN") or firstline.startswith("\fATLAN"): newpath = os.path.join("atlan", filename) os.rename(oldpath, newpath)