hi all I'm trying to rename a lot of files because i got a lot of music that i got off my old mac that doesn't work anymore an a few iPods so i used iTunes to do this with but here is the problem iTunes rename all the files to shortym4a but it needs to be shorty.m4a for it all to work so i need to make a batch file or some kind of script that would change over 23,000 songs
maybe (if they're all 8-byte names:
ren ?????m4a ?????.m4aIf not, you'll need a loop or some other procedure:
ren ?m4a ?.m4a
ren ??m4a ??.m4a
ren ???m4a ???.m4a
ren ????m4a ????.m4a
ren ?????m4a ?????.m4a
put all this into an bat file? ren ?m4a ?.m4a
ren ??m4a ??.m4a
ren ???m4a ???.m4a
ren ????m4a ????.m4a
ren ?????m4a ?????.m4a
Better script: for /r %%a in (*m4a) do call :doRen "%%~Fa" goto :eof :doRen set fileName=%~n1 ren %1 "%fileName:m4a=%.m4a"
Yes, either of these scripts should work as a batchscript. You can cut/paste straight from the forum (to notepad or clipbrd.exe) then save as something.BAT (or: ren %1 %filename:~0,-3%.m4a will also serve in Razor's )
ps: ah! touche'
nbrane: (or: ren %1 %filename:~0,-3%.m4a will also serve in Razor's )
Not so much. My version will grab files ending in "m4a" as well as files ending in ".m4a"