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Batch file counter
Name: netwgirl Date: August 20, 2009 at 22:02:27 Pacific OS: Windows XP Subcategory: Batch
Comment:
I am renaming a bunch of .pdf files and I'm having a hard time adding a counter after renaming. Here is what I have so far for my batch file---
Because there are multiple .pdf files and I want them to include the current date it won't rename all of them (obviously because you can't have more than one file with the same name).
Any suggestions on how to add a counter after the current date when renaming?
Name: xterm11 Date: August 21, 2009 at 00:22:48 Pacific
Reply:
Use a for loop instead.
set count=1 setlocal enabledelayedexpansion for /f %%a in (\Company\DM\MC\Backup\09_08_20\*.pdf) do ( rename %%a MC_%YY_MM_DD%!count!.pdf set /a count=!count!+1 )
Something like that
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Response Number 2
Name: netwgirl Date: August 25, 2009 at 07:48:49 Pacific
Reply:
I have another question....let's say I didn't want to use a counter-- is there a way to just use the rename command?
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