Hi people. I'm a bit new to fiddling around with DOS so bear with me if this question seems somewhat sophomoric. I'm trying to rename a group of files from a series of folders with the name of the folder 2 levels above them and something determined by part of the original file name. In the directory C:\A\Z\ and C:\B\Y\ I would like to rename C:\A\Z\1a_b.txt and C:\B\Y\1a_b.txt respectively, but would like to leave C:\A\Z\1c_b.txt alone (i.e. Ideally I would be able to rename all *a_b.txt files in multiple folders in the following way): The first file C:\A\Z\1a_b.txt --> C:\A\Z\Aroads.txt (the A is from the directory 2 levels above it, and the "roads" always replaces "a_b"). The second file C:\B\Y\1a_b.txt --> C:\B\Y\Broads.txt. Repeat 15,377 times in 400 folders from C:\C\A\ to C:\ZZZZ\R\. Confusing enough for you? Hope someone out there can help. If it makes things easier, I can make a dir list of all files named *a_b.txt and use that list to provide the pathname for those files when renaming them. Thanks in advance! jakapoor

I don't know the answer to your question, but you are not using "DOS." You are using a "command prompt", or a "command line" There IS no "DOS" in X tra P utrid

There is no MS-DOS in XP !! Could try Command Prompt I think you should have that, ie START - RUN - CMD ........ http://www.ss64.com/nt/ http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntcmds.mspx

Sorry for the confusion. Yes I mean a command prompt, not DOS. But my problem still remains. Any suggestions? Thanks. jakapoor