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Rename files ina particular folder

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Name: DOS_User
Date: July 9, 2009 at 16:03:35 Pacific
OS: Windows XP
Subcategory: General
Comment:

Hi,

I have to rename all the files in a particular
folder. I am able to rename it only one file and
the other files gets ignored. Could some one
help me with the code ?

FOR %%l in (D:\Test\*.*) do (SET
FNAME=%%~nxl) & call:rename

:rename
ren %FNAME% test.%FNAME:~4%.txt

This does rename (remove existing prefix and
add a new prefix) for the first file in the folder
but how to continue the same process for the
rest of the files ?

Could someone please let me know ...



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Response Number 1
Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: July 9, 2009 at 16:23:02 Pacific
Reply:

Answered in programming using for /f which is OK for XP but NG for DOS.

There is no %%~N in DOS.


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