File rename in dos

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Otherwise, you get the " The syntax of the command is incorrect " error. To rename the file " computer hope. To rename multiple files at once, you must utilize some form of wild character. Below are examples of how this could be done. The following example renames all the files in the current directory that end with. In this next example, the command renames a file with an unknown character in the file name to something that can be read. The "? Use the ren or rename command to rename the directory.

Because you cannot have a file and directory of the same name, you don't need to worry about mistakenly renaming a file instead of a directory. The only exception is if you're using wild characters. Renaming a directory containing files may cause problems if that directory contains files required by a program.

For example, if the program is looking for a directory named "data" and you rename it to "other," the program would no longer know where data files are located. Rename the directory "computer hope" to "example directory". Whenever dealing with a file or directory with a space, it must be surrounded with quotes. To rename files in a batch file , you can use any of the rename commands or examples shown in the MS-DOS and Windows command line section.

Mark Wilkins Mark Wilkins There are two problems, Only one file has been renamed, and if the file names contain spaces, the batch can't rename any file — JustMe.

It is not clear, though, why only one file would be processed. It may well be due to a different DOS version. Andriy: Thanks. That's cleaner; I made that change. I didn't realize that worked some day I will learn to read documentation MarkWilkins, hey this works great but how do you keep the original name? Show 1 more comment. Patrick Patrick Anthony Miller Anthony Miller My REXX program has produced a batch file containing lines like these:.

I prefer not to use the powershell whether I have it or not in case I need to run this in a more primitive Windows. I have tried rename instead of ren and without double quotes. I have administrator privileges. I have a lot of files with the same date stamp in which I wish to eliminate.

The ren and rename commands change the name of files and directories. In earlier releases of MS-DOS, instead of using ren or rename, you need to use the move command to rename directories or files. Ren and rename are internal commands that are available in the following Microsoft operating systems. Rename all text files with the ".