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Batch script to rename files

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Hi, i want to rename all the files in my directory by stripping out the first 3 chars of the file. My files are of the type C:\01 file1.jpg C:\02 file2.jpg I want to change them to C:\file1.jpg C:\file2.jpg. Any pointers on how to write a DOS batch script to do this? thanks in adance.

Name: IVO
Date: February 9, 2009 at 12:33:19 Pacific

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:: MYREN.BAT Usage: myren Folder_Name @echo off & setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion pushd %* for /F "delims=" %%j in ('dir /B *.jpg') do ( set file=%%j ren "%%j" "!file:~3!" ) popd :: End_Of_Batch

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Name: Curt R
Date: February 9, 2009 at 12:34:24 Pacific

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If you don't get a helpful reply quickly you can private message a computing.net member who goes under the name: Mechanix2Go He's one of the best DOS based batchfilers I've ever met.

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Name: Valerie (by Garibaldi)
Date: February 9, 2009 at 12:35:42 Pacific

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This question has been asked countless times, just do a search for Rename Files

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