This is not working.. No errors.
Have directories:
123.abc
123.def
123.ghi
Want to rename to:
abc
def
ghi
What I have done is not working..
I have used: http://www.dostips.com/DtTipsStringOperations.php
Renaming Folder Structure in Batch
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
for /d %%D in ("C:\batch\*") do CALL :RENAME %%D %%~nxD
:RENAME
set "folder=%%~nxD"
rem https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11040473/batch-file-string-character-split
set "x=%folder:~-3%"
FOR /D %%R IN (%1%) DO RENAME %%R "%x%"
ENDLOCAL
pause
#echo off
rem Prepare environment
setlocal enableextensions enabledelayedexpansion
rem For each directory under selected folder
for /d %%d in ("c:\batch\*") do (
rem Get the extension of the directory if any
set "name=%%~xd"
rem If there is a extension
if defined name (
rem Remove the dot from extension
set "name=!name:~1!"
rem If no file/folder exists with the new name, rename the dir
if not exist "%%~dpd\!name!" echo ren "%%~fd" "!name!"
)
)
endlocal
Final rename command is "echoed" to the console. If output is correct then remove the echo from ren command line.
This will rename the folders to the text after the first period.
Remove the echo to activate the command as currently it will only echo the commands to the console.
#echo off
for /f "tokens=1,* delims=." %%a in ('dir "C:\batch" /ad /b ') do echo REN "C:\batch\%%a.%%b" "%%b"
pause
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I have many folders in a directory which I need to rename with a fixed base name and a progressive number starting from 1 to infinite.
Path of folders have space and base folder is D:\Programmi Installati.
Example of folders to rename:
log_1
log_2
log_04-01-2019 15-15-11,51
log_01-01-2019 8-22-14,19
log_27-12-2018 14-23-18,28
log_aaaa
log_bbbb
log_5
log_6
log_02-01-2019 6-21-17,34
log_03-01-2019 21-18-16,22
Example of wanted folder names:
log_1
log_2
log_3
log_4
log_5
log_6
log_7
log_8
log_9
log_10
log_11
log_12
The numbers of folder to rename can be large, but the structure is the same.
I tryed more batch file but all fail when there are some folders with the wanted name (example log_5 or log_1)
The order is not important it is important that all the folders starting with "log" are renamed with an incrental number.
Code already tryed without success
:: 1 code
#echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set counter=
for /d %%a in ("D:\Programmi Installati\log_*") do (
set /a counter+=1
ren "%%~fa" "log_!counter!"
)
pause
:: 2 code
#echo off
setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
set "Counter=1"
for /F "delims=" %%I in ('dir "D:\Programmi Installati\log*" /AD /B /ON 2^>nul') do ren "D:\Programmi Installati\%%I" "log_!Counter!" & set /A Counter+=1
endlocal
pause
:: 3 code
#ECHO OFF
#setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
Rem | Folder Path & CD To Location
Set "Folder=D:\Programmi Installati\"
CD %Folder%
Rem | Get Raw File Name
Set "Number=1"
for /F "tokens=*" %%A in ('dir "log*" /S /b /AD') do (
Rem | Rename Folder || Raw Name - %%~n1
rename "%%~nA" "log_!Number!"
Rem | Add One To Number
set /a "number+=1"
)
Goto :EOF
PAUSE
The codes over works only if there is no desired directory name in the directory otherwise do not rename folders.
This batch works differently, it
skips folders with the proper naming scheme (so they keep the number)
increments a counter and fills in possible gaps
:: Q:\Test\2019\01\11\SO_54149437.cmd
#Echo off
Pushd "D:\Programmi Installati\" || (Echo couldn't change dir&pause&goto :eof)
set Cnt=0
for /f "delims=" %%A in (
'dir /B /AD log_* ^| findstr /iV "^log_[0-9][0-9]*$" '
) Do Call :RenInc "%%A"
PopD
Goto :Eof
:RenInc
Set /A Cnt+=1
if Exist "log_%Cnt%" goto :RenInc
Ren "%~1" "log_%Cnt%"
The resulting names (there are only eleven, not twelve)
log_1
log_10
log_11
log_2
log_3
log_4
log_5
log_6
log_7
log_8
log_9
This batch code is to search all the PDF files in the path specified by the user and copy them all in the home folder and then deleting everything that is inside that folder (subfolders and files). How can I force my code to look for multiple files like pdf,txt and else.
#echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
goto :main
:main
setlocal
cls
echo.
echo Enter the home directory path where you want to apply the cleaning
set /p path=
echo %path%
cd %path%
for /d %%g in (*) do (
echo %%g
cd %%g
for /r %%p in (*.pdf) do (
set dest=!cd!
set app=/
copy %%p !%dest%%app%!
echo %%p
echo !cd!
)
for /d %%z in (*) do (
rmdir %%z /s /q
)
cd ..
)
pause
endlocal
goto :eof
Nothing prevents you from doing
for /r %%p in ( *.jpg *.png ) do (
REM do something with %%p
)
The catch is that you can use any number of extensions separated by space withing parenthesis.
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 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!"
))
The batch file below recursively echos files and folders while adding some simple formatting, such as indenting to show the recursion depth, adding "/ " before folder names, "*" before certain files, and skipping folders named "Archive". It works great except that files and folders are sorted randomly, rather than alphabetically. How could this be changed to sort both files and folders alphabetically?
#echo off
setlocal disableDelayedExpansion
pushd %1
set "tab= "
set "indent="
call :run
exit /b
:run
REM echo the root folder name
for %%F in (.) do echo %%~fF
echo ------------------------------------------------------------------
set "folderBullet=\"
set "fileBullet=*"
:listFolder
setlocal
REM echo the files in the folder
for %%F in (*.txt *.pdf *.doc* *.xls*) do echo %indent%%fileBullet% %%F - %%~tF
REM loop through the folders
for /d %%F in (*) do (
REM skip "Archive" folder
if /i not "%%F"=="Archive" (
REM if in "Issued" folder change the file bullet
if /i "%%F"=="Issued" set "fileBullet= "
echo %indent%%folderBullet% %%F
pushd "%%F"
set "indent=%indent%%tab%"
call :listFolder
REM if leaving "Issued folder change fileBullet
if /i "%%F"=="Issued" set "fileBullet=*"
popd
))
exit /b
Very little change required. Convert FOR loops to FOR /F running sorted DIR commands. The /A-D option lists files only, and /AD lists directories only.
This version sorts files by name
#echo off
setlocal disableDelayedExpansion
pushd %1
set "tab= "
set "indent="
call :run
exit /b
:run
REM echo the root folder name
for %%F in (.) do echo %%~fF
echo ------------------------------------------------------------------
set "folderBullet=\"
set "fileBullet=*"
:listFolder
setlocal
REM echo the files in the folder
for /f "eol=: delims=" %%F in (
'dir /b /a-d /one *.txt *.pdf *.doc* *.xls* 2^>nul'
) do echo %indent%%fileBullet% %%F - %%~tF
REM loop through the folders
for /f "eol=: delims=" %%F in ('dir /b /ad /one 2^>nul') do (
REM skip "Archive" folder
if /i not "%%F"=="Archive" (
REM if in "Issued" folder change the file bullet
if /i "%%F"=="Issued" set "fileBullet= "
echo %indent%%folderBullet% %%F
pushd "%%F"
set "indent=%indent%%tab%"
call :listFolder
REM if leaving "Issued folder change fileBullet
if /i "%%F"=="Issued" set "fileBullet=*"
popd
))
exit /b
To sort by extension first, then by name, simply change /ONE to /OEN.
Try changing your for /d loop from
for /d %%F in (*) do
to
for /f "delims=" %%F in ('dir /b /o:n *.') do
and see whether that makes a difference. Actually, ordering by name is the default behavior for dir, so you could probably get away with
for /f "delims=" %%F in ('dir /b *.') do
If some of your directory names have dots in them, you'll need to change it a little.
for /f "delims=" %%F in ('dir /b') do (
rem Is this a directory?
if exist "%%F\" (
rem do your worst....
)
)