Sorry, yes folder rename
Test folder name and path
c:\0\AL1030004_502010109H_20151102_163916
These are the 2 scripts I have tried so far
Yours
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
SET @SOURCE=C:\0
FOR /D %%V IN (%@SOURCE%\*) DO (
SET @OLDNAME=%%~V
SET @NEWNAME=!@OLDNAME:502010109H=OutProcessedABS!
SET @RENAME=!@NEWNAME:%@SOURCE%\=!
IF NOT /I "!@OLDNAME!"=="!@NEWNAME!" (
ECHO Renaming "!@OLDNAME!" to "!@RENAME!"
RENAME "!@OLDNAME!" "!@RENAME!"
)
)
Melvin's
For /f “tokens=1,2,3,4 delims=_” %%d in (‘dir /b /ad *’) do @ren
c:\0\%%d_%%e_%%f_%%g c:\0\%%d_OutProcessedABS_%%f_%%g
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Bambi Saastad
office 952-402-7888
cell 612-963-1478
On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 12:10 PM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote:
> Test FILE or test FOLDER?
>
> Because you're trying to rename folders, correct?
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> On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 11:53 AM, Bambi J Saastad <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I have my test file in c:\0 so I change
>> SET @SOURCE=C:\0
>> Folder named AL1030004_502010109H_20151102_163916
>>
>> But nothing changes
>>
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>> -----------------------------
>> Bambi Saastad
>> office 952-402-7888
>> cell 612-963-1478
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> It would have been nice if I had not butchered my commentary as well,
>>> due to an untimely "not"
>>>
>>> :)
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>>> On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 11:17 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Nice J
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
>>>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Andrew S. Baker
>>>> *Sent:* 04 November 2015 16:11
>>>> *To:* ntsysadm <[email protected]>
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Rename Directories
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I already have a script that does this (
>>>> http://KB.UltraTech-llc.com/Scripts/?File=BulkRename.BAT
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>>>> but the way to solve your specific problem is not to actually deal with
>>>> each filename as a single token, rather than multiple tokens.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Assuming the folders in question are all in one directory, consider the
>>>> following:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION*
>>>>
>>>> *SET @SOURCE=C:\SomeFolder*
>>>>
>>>> *FOR /D %%V IN (%@SOURCE%\*) DO (*
>>>>
>>>> * SET @OLDNAME=%%~V*
>>>>
>>>> * SET @NEWNAME=!@OLDNAME:502010109H=OutProcessedABS!*
>>>>
>>>> * SET @RENAME=!@NEWNAME:%@SOURCE%\=!*
>>>>
>>>> * IF NOT /I "!@OLDNAME!"=="!@NEWNAME!" (*
>>>>
>>>> * ECHO Renaming "!@OLDNAME!" to "!@RENAME!"*
>>>>
>>>> * RENAME "!@OLDNAME!" "!@RENAME!"*
>>>>
>>>> * )*
>>>>
>>>> *)*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Doing it the way it is above, you won't need to worry about how many
>>>> segments each folder has. You'll only change the name from X to Y if it
>>>> has X segment in the name.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You can modify the FOR loop if you have the folders more spread out
>>>> than that (perhaps using /R or a lovely /F).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 5:32 AM, Bambi J Saastad <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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