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----------------------------- Bambi Saastad office 952-402-7888 cell 612-963-1478 On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 7:47 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > Extra % needs to go in front of all the %x statements > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Bambi J Saastad > *Sent:* 04 November 2015 13:22 > *To:* ntsysadm <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Rename Directories > > > > Thanks, this almost worked. I added the % in front of the last g > > For /f “tokens=1,2,3,4 delims=_” %d in (‘dir /b /ad *’) do @echo ren > %d_%e_%f_%f_%g %d_OutProcessedABS_%f_%g > > > > WIth echo I got > > ren AL1030004_502010109H_20151102_20151102_163916 > AL1030004_OutProcessedABS_20151102_163916 > > So echoing works > > > > I tried removing echo and got The system cannot find the file specified, > and I believe that is because it is a directory not a file. I tried move > and got the same error > > B > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------- > Bambi Saastad > office 952-402-7888 > cell 612-963-1478 > > > > On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 6:26 AM, Melvin Backus <[email protected]> > wrote: > > You need to use a for loop and tokenize the name. In your example try: > > > > For /f “tokens=1,2,3,4 delims=_” %d in (‘dir /b /ad *’) do @echo ren > %d_%e_%f_%f_%g %d_YourStuff_%f_g > > > > Once everything looks correct remove the echo to execute. If you put it > into a batch file you’ll need to use %% instead of %. > > > > -- > There are 10 kinds of people in the world... > those who understand binary and those who don't. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Bambi J Saastad > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 4, 2015 5:33 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] Rename Directories > > > > Hoping for some help with renaming directories > > I had hoped to just use the move command but I get syntax errors.... > > The directories are named in this manner > > AL1030004_502010109H_20151102_163916 > > I need to replace the middle 502010109H with OutProcessedABS > > > > so it would become > > AL1030004_OutProcessedABS_20151102_163916 > > > > I think I need to instead use a for loop, but I cannot get that syntax > right either > > Any quick suggestions? > > > > Thx > > B? > > > > ----------------------------- > Bambi Saastad > office 952-402-7888 > cell 612-963-1478 > > >
