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XP Batch Files - Renaming
Name: gabson Date: October 29, 2006 at 16:16:42 Pacific OS: XP Pro SP2 CPU/Ram: Intel P4 2.4 GHZ 512MB
Comment:
I am trying to write a batch file that will rename a series of files within a folder. I need it to remove the first 8 characters, then add its own prefix and suffix. I don't have much experience with writing complex batch files, but here is what I've got and all it does is rename it to "prefixsuffix" with no extension. Can anyone help me out? Am I on the right track or is this even possible with this method?
for %%R in (*.*) do ( SET NAME=%%R:~8,-4% SET EXT=%%R:~-4% REN %%R prefix%NAME%suffix%EXT% )
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