Generate modified file paths by adding prefixes and/or suffixes

This function takes a vector of file paths and returns a vector of modified paths with prefixes and/or suffixes added to the filenames. It's useful for generating output paths for the convert_files() and convert_dir() functions. files_to_convert() is useful for generating the input paths.

Usage

output_paths(paths, prefix = "", suffix = "_new", dir = NULL)

Arguments

paths

A character vector of file paths to modify

prefix

A character string to add at the beginning of each filename. Default is the empty sting "".

suffix

A character string to add at the end of each filename, before the extension. Default is "_new".

dir

An optional character string specifying the output directory. If provided, the modified filenames will be placed in this directory. This is useful if paths are relative and a different output directory is required. Default is NULL.

Value

A character vector of modified file paths with the specified prefixes and suffixes. The original paths are preserved as names of the returned vector.

See also

convert_files(), files_to_convert()

Examples

# Get all convertible files from examples directory
input_files <- files_to_convert(example_dir())

# Generate output paths with "_converted" suffix
output_paths(input_files, suffix = "_converted")
#>             nested/penguins.qmd                 no_penguins.Rmd 
#> "nested/penguins_converted.qmd"     "no_penguins_converted.Rmd" 
#>                      penguins.R 
#>          "penguins_converted.R" 

# Add both prefix and suffix and place in a new directory
output_paths(
  input_files,
  prefix = "base_",
  suffix = "_converted",
  dir = "~/new_dir"
)
#>                            nested/penguins.qmd 
#> "~/new_dir/nested/base_penguins_converted.qmd" 
#>                                no_penguins.Rmd 
#>     "~/new_dir/base_no_penguins_converted.Rmd" 
#>                                     penguins.R 
#>          "~/new_dir/base_penguins_converted.R"