I have a ton of files that i'm using for a client's website. they're named v6_image_something.gif. I've changed my PHP script to look for v6.image.something.gif Is there an easy way to remove ALL underscores and replace with dots (.) using one command? (they're all in the same dir)

I can't think of a single internal command to do that directly. However, it's quite possible if you use a batch file. This batch script will do it: ===== BATCH SCRIPT BEGIN ===== @echo off if "%1"=="GoTo:" %1%2 (Subroutine handler) echo eE3 2E BF 00 01 89 FE 80 3C 5F 75 03 BE E3 00 A4 E2> %TEMP%.\T1.DAT echo eF3 F3 89 F9 81 E9 FA 00 53 45 54 20 46 3D>> %TEMP%.\T1.DAT echo g=E4 FA>> %TEMP%.\T1.DAT echo wFA>> %TEMP%.\T1.DAT echo q>> %TEMP%.\T1.DAT for %%? in (*.jpg) do call %0 GoTo: ren %%? for %%? in (T1.DAT T2.BAT) do del %TEMP%.\%%? set F= goto eof :ren if not "%4"=="" goto eof echo %3> %TEMP%.\T2.BAT DEBUG %TEMP%.\T2.BAT < %TEMP%.\T1.DAT > nul call %TEMP%.\T2.BAT :: To activate script, take out 'echo.{demo}' :: from next line echo.{demo}REN %3 %F% :eof ===== BATCH SCRIPT END ===== Watch out for line wrapping! Just copy and paste the batch script's contents to a file, save it with .bat extention and run it. The script is de-activated. Run it and see the output, it will show you if the script works or not. If it seems OK, then activate the script (read commented lines to do so). This batch script will ignore filenames with the following characters: , ; [space] = -- Leonardo Pignataro - Secret_Doom -- secret_doom@hotmail.com www.batch.hpg.com.br

Well use the command: rename v6_image_something.gif v6.image.something.gif that should do it JOhn

John: It's obvious that jrock doesn't want to rename a single file, but a hole bunch of them, following a certain criterion. > I have a ton of files that i'm using for > a client's website. they're named > v6_image_something.gif. That name surely looks like a generic filename, don't you think? -- Leonardo Pignataro - Secret_Doom -- secret_doom@hotmail.com www.batch.hpg.com.br

That script wasn't tested under Win9x, only under WinXP. I've now tested it on Win98 and discovered that it will screw long file names. I've made the proper changes on the batch script, and now it works ok on both Win98 and WinXP (and so it should work on other NT systems): ===== BATCH SCRIPT BEGIN ===== @echo off if "%1"=="GoTo:" %1%2 (Subroutine handler) echo e00 2E BF 00 01 89 FE 80 3C 5F 75 03 BE> %TEMP%.\T1.DAT echo e0C 00 00 A4 E2 F3 89 F9 81 E9 00 01>> %TEMP%.\T1.DAT echo g=0 17>> %TEMP%.\T1.DAT echo w>> %TEMP%.\T1.DAT echo q>> %TEMP%.\T1.DAT if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" goto winNT echo @PROMPT call %0 GoTo: ren > %TEMP%.\T2.BAT set DIRCM_=%DIRCMD% set DIRCMD= dir/b *.jpg >> %TEMP%.\T2.BAT set DIRCMD=%DIRCM_% set DIRCM_= echo @EXIT>> %TEMP%.\T2.BAT %COMSPEC% NUL/C %0 GoTo: prefix for %%? in (call del) do %%? %TEMP%.\T3.BAT goto finish :winNT for %%? in (*.jpg) do call %0 GoTo: ren %%? :finish for %%? in (T1.DAT T2.BAT) do del %TEMP%.\%%? set F= goto eof :prefix %COMSPEC% /C %TEMP%.\T2.BAT > %TEMP%.\T3.BAT goto eof :ren if not "%4"=="" goto eof echo SET F=%3> %TEMP%.\T2.BAT DEBUG %TEMP%.\T2.BAT < %TEMP%.\T1.DAT > nul call %TEMP%.\T2.BAT :: To activate script, take out 'echo.{demo}' :: from next line echo.{demo}REN %3 %F% :eof ===== BATCH SCRIPT END ===== Watch out for line wrapping! The script is de-activated. Run it and see the output, it will show you if the script works or not. If it seems OK, then activate the script (read commented lines to do so). I apologize for my mistake. PS: If you're on a NT system, a simpler batch script could be used (but this one will do it!) -- Leonardo Pignataro - Secret_Doom -- secret_doom@hotmail.com www.batch.hpg.com.br