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Batch file for renaming directory

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Heloo I have several directory: 12042007 13042007 05062008 06072008 01012009 and i want to move the year to be in front of the directory name.... 20071204 20071304 20080506 20080607 20090101 i am trying to use For /f "tokens=2,3 delims=2007" %%i ... but it seem not working... any advice?? thanks

Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: May 4, 2009 at 07:31:51 Pacific

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@echo off & setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%a in ('dir/b/ad') do ( set old=%%a set Y=!old:~4,4! set DM=!old:~0,4! echo ren %%a !Y!!DM! ) ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

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wow...thanks a bunch... it worked... btw i have a question... where can i learn about this parsing... some good link perhaps... and why we need "setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion" thanks again

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