I am attempting to 'rename' 3 .csv files in a directory using the following 'for' command in a batch file: for %%i in (*.csv) do (rename "%%i" "NewName%%i") The 3 files get renamed & then the first file in the directory gets renamed again to NewNameNewName.csv.... Why is this happening?

Because the resulting file is conform to the same initial requirement (*.vbs) ... shortcut that some way or another, and he will do it correct

Thank you for your reply. I'm not sure I understand. The 3 original files are: file1.csv file2.csv file3.csv The result is: NewNameNewNamefile1.csv NewNamefile2.csv NewNamefile3.csv

This comes up from time to time. There appears to be a race condition when you combine FOR and REN. The workaround is to use FOR /F: for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /b *.csv') do ren "%%a" "NewName%%a"

Worked perfectly! thanks for the assistance!

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