Bulk DOS rename?

[Glen Millar]

Hi,

It is possible in DOS to bulk rename extensions. For example, I can type in:
ren *-*.txt **.xls, and it will rename all txt files to an xls extension in
the directory I am in. But we just received 1500 files with a "-" dash in
the middle of the file name. Is there someway to rename these in a bulk
fashion to and underscore "_"? Our model can't handle dashes as it considers
it an integer.

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[Michael Koerner]

Glen,

I use a little utility called rename-it. you can find it here
http://www.scp-solutions.com/renameit.html

It allows you to rename anyway you want .



Hi,

It is possible in DOS to bulk rename extensions. For example, I can type in:
ren *-*.txt **.xls, and it will rename all txt files to an xls extension in
the directory I am in. But we just received 1500 files with a "-" dash in
the middle of the file name. Is there someway to rename these in a bulk
fashion to and underscore "_"? Our model can't handle dashes as it considers
it an integer.

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[Glen Millar]

Michael,

Excellent! I'm onto it. Thanks.

By the way, I thought of you last week when I was digging the car out of the
snow ;-)

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[Michael Koerner]

Great, and I'll keep you in mind the next time I hear about mud anywhere in the
world <g>



Michael,

Excellent! I'm onto it. Thanks.

By the way, I thought of you last week when I was digging the car out of the
snow ;-)

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[John O]

Is the dash in the same place in each filename?

REN ???-???.* ???_???.*

If the dash is in several locations you might re-run the command with the
dash elsewhere. BTW, *copy* the files to another location then do the
rename, just in case there's a mistake... ;-)

-John O

 

[Glen Millar]

John,

Very good!

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