I want to write a batch script to rename folders in a directory.
The way that would work is, I would have a file that contains names that I would like each folder to be renamed with. So basically the batch script would just pick names from the file (that contains names) and use it to rename each folder.
So if I have 20 folders, 20 names would exist in file to rename each folder.
What I have so far:
#echo off
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
SET old=*.txt
SET new="c:\Users\user\Desktop\testing.txt"
< %new% (for /f "tokens=*" %%f in ('dir /b %old%') do (
ren Read the next name from the redirected input file
SET /P newname=
ren "%%f" "!newname!"
))
The above script didn't give me the desired result.
Not tested:
#echo off
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
SET old=*.txt
SET new="c:\Users\user\Desktop\testing.txt"
set counter=0
(for /f "tokens=*" %%f in ('dir /b %old%') do (
ren Read the next name from the redirected input file
set /a counter=counter+1
for /f "tokens=1* delims=:" %%a in ('findstr /R /N "^" "%new%"^|find "!counter!"') do set "newname=%%b"
ren "%%f" "!newname!"
)
The problem is that the dir /b %old% command generate a list of files with .txt extension. If you want to rename folders, then include /AD switch and eliminate the wild-card:
#echo off
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
SET new="c:\Users\user\Desktop\testing.txt"
< %new% (for /f "tokens=*" %%f in ('dir /b /AD') do (
ren Read the next name from the redirected input file
SET /P newname=
ren "%%f" "!newname!"
))
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Hi guys I'm new to batch and have a question for my .bat to rename files.
I looked at the following solution and tried to transfer this to my problem:
Renaming file names with a BAT file
So my .bat looks like this one:
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set /a count=1
set padded_count=000!count!
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir /b /od *.txt') do (
ren "%%a" !padded_count!.txt
set /a count+=1
)
And I have a file with random names for .txt data.
E.g.
abc.txt
def.txt
123.txt
456.txt
And I want to change these into:
0001.txt
0002.txt
...
But when I use my .bat its just the first .txt which changes its name.
Can you explain me why? And what should I do to get all of these.
Or is it possible to handle this problem with REN in cmd with something like "ren *.txt ___"
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set /a count=10001
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir /b /od *.txt') do (
ren "%%a" !count:-4!.txt
set /a count+=1
)
where !count:-4! selects the final 4 characters of count.
After your comment on the requirement, This is similar to #Magoo's answer, but I am not limiting it to 4 chars.
#echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set count=10000
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir /b /od *.txt') do (
if "!count:~1!" == "9999" set count=100000
set /a count+=1
echo ren "%%a" !count:~1!.txt
)
In this instance, once we get to 9999 we set a new count variable so out files will continue with an additional digit.
ren "file9999.txt" 9999.txt
ren "file10000.txt" 00001.txt
ren "file10001.txt" 00002.txt
...
I downloaded about 34000 books in .txt format from Project Gutenberg. Now I want to rename all of them by its content. For example every text file includes its "Title" and "Author's Name" so I want to rename all the text files on its "Title" and "Author's Name" by some commands.
I created a batch file. It runs but is not renaming the files. This is my code:
#echo off&setlocal
cd E:\Test
for /f "delims=" %%i in ('dir /a-d/b *.txt') do (
set "nname="
set "fname=%%~i"
for /f "usebackqskip=7delims=" %%f in ("%%~i") do if not defined nname
set "nname=%%f"
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set "nname=!nname:~0,40!"
echo rename "!fname!" "!nname!"
endlocal
)
You can use this as a base
#echo off
setlocal enableextensions disabledelayedexpansion
rem Change to source folder
pushd "e:\test" && (
rem Where the renamed files will be placed to avoid re-rename
if not exist renamed\ md renamed
rem For each input file
for %%f in (*.txt) do (
rem Retrieve the data from inside the file
set "author=" & set "title="
for /f "tokens=1,* delims=: " %%a in ('
findstr /b "Author: Title:" "%%~ff"
') do if not defined %%a set "%%a=%%b"
rem If the fields have been retrieved then do the rename
if defined author if defined title (
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f "delims=" %%a in ("!author! - !title!") do (
endlocal
echo move "%%~ff" "renamed\%%a%%~xf"
rem NOTE: operation is only echoed to console
rem if console output seems correct, then
rem remove the echo command
)
)
)
rem Done. Return to previous active directory
popd
)
Of course, filesystem has rules about what is allowed in a file name and, not knowing what kind of characters can be found, this code could and probably will fail to rename some files.
Your current script will just print the rename commands, not execute them. You should remove echo (after checking what it produces) in this line:
echo rename "!fname!" "!nname!"
Your script also has a few formatting issues. There should be spaces like this:
for /f "usebackq skip=7 delims=" %%f in ("%%~i") do
And there should be no newline just after:
if not defined nname
I am having an question
How can i loop through an folder and only show folders and their subfolders without the full path.
example
if i use dir /b /s /ad
i will see e:\Mainfolder\Folder1\Subfolder
And i only whant to see
Folder1\Subfolder
the reason i want it is so i can put it inside an txt field and then with another loop check if the folder/subfolder exist somewhere else if not then it needs to create it.
With kind regards,
Thomas de Vries
#echo off
setlocal enableextensions disabledelayedexpansion
set "startingFolder=%cd%"
:: Determine the length of the starting path to remove
:: it from output
for /d %%a in ("%startingFolder%\"
) do for /f "skip=1 tokens=1 delims=:" %%b in (
'(echo(%%~fa^&echo(^)^|findstr /o "^"'
) do set /a "cutPoint=%%b-3"
:: Recurse folders from starting point and echo the
:: full path without the starting folder
for /r "%startingFolder%" /d %%a in (*) do (
set "line=%%a"
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
echo(!line:~%cutPoint%!
endlocal
)
This will recurse over the tree structure, starting at the indicated folder (change startingFolder variable to what you need). For each folder found its relative path is echoed to console. Redirect output of batch to generate the required .txt file
#echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for /F "delims=" %%a in ('dir /b /s /ad') do (
set "name=%%a"
echo !name:*e:\Mainfolder\=!
)
There is a particular folder that begins with a name such as SS followed by random characters. The names would be different every time and the only thing we are sure of is the folder begins with SS. How do we look if this folder has a .txt file inside in batch programming.
An idea :
#echo off
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /b/ad ^|find /i "SS"') do set $Dir=%%a
dir /b/a-d *.txt %$dir%>nul
if %errorlevel% equ 0 echo File(s) found in "%$DIR%"
#ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
SET "sourcedir=U:\sourcedir"
FOR /f "delims=" %%a IN (
'dir /b /ad "%sourcedir%\ss*" 2^>nul'
) DO (
FOR /f "delims=" %%h IN (
'dir /b /a-d "%sourcedir%\%%a\*.txt" 2^>nul'
) DO (
ECHO "%sourcedir%\%%a\%%h"
)
)
GOTO :EOF
should solve your problem - you need to change sourcedir to suit your system, obviously.
The code below check if the folder contain any .txt file:
#echo off
set "filePath="
for /D %%a in (SS*) do if exist "%%a\*.txt" do set "filePath=%%a"
if defined filePath echo File exists in folder %filePath%
If you want to check for a particular .txt file, just change *.txt by the appropriate name.
I would like to delete a file name from a txt list ussing a drag and drop function however i cant get my code to work
:delete
setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
set /p dnr=%1
find /v "!dnr!" document.txt > deleted.txt
pause
This will remove the file you drag and drop onto it, from the text file (presuming name and extension format). If it's full path format then change the %%~nxa to %%a.
:delete
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ("%1") do (
set dnr=%%~nxa
find /v "!dnr!" filenames.txt >deleted.txt
)
for /f "skip=2 tokens=* delims=" %%x in (deleted.txt) do echo %%x >>new.txt
del deleted.txt /f /q
ren new.txt deleted.txt