I need to rename 80k files in multiple folders & subfolders in the same directory. I have been trying to use ren but have been unsuccessful; I get an incorrect syntax error.
My old name looks like this:
c:/users/alice/BiDIR_DOCS_2017_Nov08020423\Company,LLC##NA##7967425.00##7967425.00\Company LLC A and A - Aug2017.pdf BiDIR_DOCS_2017_Nov08020423\Company, LLC##NA##7967425.00##7967425.00\document_# (x.y.z)-test~.pdf
and my new name looks like this:
c:/users/alice/BiDIR_DOCS_2017_Nov08020423\Company,LLC##NA##7967425.00##7967425.00\Company LLC A and A - Aug2017.pdf BiDIR_DOCS_2017_Nov08020423\Company, LLC##NA##7967425.00##7967425.00\system, a old name~ ` to # system b document (xyz)-test.pdf
I have the existing directory print in one column of Excel and in the next column what I want the directory print to be.
I'm not sure if I'm starting my ren command at the right hierarchy of my directory, or if I need quotation marks to keep the spaces and symbols in my new name.
I have tried improvising and testing on my own without success and I cannot find an article online on point.
Try FAR (find and replace) - it a free utility that works well.
http://findandreplace.sourceforge.net/
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I am trying to move files from a location to another one based on filename ONLY by using command line. The below works pretty fine but I do not want to specify both, the file name and the extension:
MOVE C:\firstlocation\file.sdltm "C:\secondlocation\file.sdltm"
The reason behind this is that I have the following files in the firstlocation:
file.sdltm
file.tmx
and my aim is to move both files named "file" to the secondlocation regardless the extension.
Sorry if this question has been asked before, - couldn't find any that matches my criteria.
I need to rename a group of .pdf files
In the \Source folder I have the files:
bbbbbbbbb-56.pdf
vduysdvss-60.pdf
sdvbdsbvv-80.pdf
I have to rename them in the \Destination folder like this:
11111111-bbbbbbbbb-ggg-hhh-56-dddd.pdf
11111111-vduysdvss-ggg-hhh-60-dddd.pdf
11111111-sdvbdsbvv-ggg-hhh-80-dddd.pdf
so I need to insert some fixed parts:
before the name
in the middle of the name
at the end of the name.
Using the command:
cd \Source
copy "\Source" "\Destination"
cd \Destination
ren *.pdf 11111111-?????????-ggg-hhh???-dddd.*
the result is:
11111111--56-ggg-hhh-dddd.pdf
the bbbbbbbbb string disappears
can you help me?
Thanks
By using the following command Copy the files from Source to Destination :
copy "/Source_folder" "/Destination_folder"
Go in /Destination folder
cd "/Destination_folder"
And then ren the file names by the following command :
ren *.pdf ???-new_filename_part.*
(The question mark (?) is also a wildcard, but it represents a character of the original file name. So, in the syntax, we're using three question marks, which means that the output file name will include the first three characters of the original file (which works as a unique identifier to avoid duplication)
(According to your logic you can change the new filenames by using some RegExpressions or some variables)
I have read many posts covering copy and xcopy, but i am unable to get my command to work.
I aim is to create a batch file that will do the following;
Search a directory structure for a list of files 'names only' if found copy them to another directory. If not found create an error list.
The txt format of files I am looking for can be in any format however in testing i have a text file like this;
1603010853
1603020845
1603141400
1604061215
The files are .PDF or .TIF
The directory structure that I am searching is like this;
X:DEL>16>160314>1603141400.pdf
X:DEL>16>160301>1603010853.tif
I am struggling to get it to work as the list is not the full path.
for /f "tokens=*" %i in (File-list.txt) DO xcopy /S/E "c:Test\In%i" "c:out"
Thanks in advance
Fostersimported
Alrighty, if tool doesn't matter much, I'd suggest going with the PowerShell script attached to this SuperUser post. It seems to do everything you want (including logging errors). You'd need only copypasta that into a text file, name it accordingly, and go from there.
I am trying to use find to look for files that contain a specific keyword. To my understanding, find takes in a file not a directory (that's why it is giving me error). So is there a way i can go through each sub-directories and look into each and every file to execute the find command so that I can get the result of all files that contains the given keyword? (Much like grep)
So far i got this:
find \S "keyword" "directory\ *"
Error i am getting:
Access denied - Directory name
Access denied - Directory name
.
.
.
Anyone give me a hint? I am current using window 7 right now.
FIND does not take the /s switch (not \s - that's a directory)
FINDSTR is another animal.
About the only quibble about the documentation avaliable from findstr /? from the prompt is that you can target a filemask in a specified directory by specifying \dirname\*, not simply in the current directory as documented. There is also an option to run against a semicolon-delimiter list of directory names - but I've never seen it used.
I have to rename several folders. The old folders were randomly named, and the new names allow for a consistent naming protocol. i have reconciled the existing folders with the list of new names, but there are hundreds of folders to rename and to do it manually will take forever.
the old name and new name are generally very different. for example:
old: john l,smth new: smith_john_04082013
so what i would like to do is place a list of the old names in one part of a program and the list of new names in another part, and then loop down the list of folders renaming them until the last one is done.
for example
john l,smth (to) smith_john_04082013
mary-jones 42nd street (to) jones_mary_03122013
wil-h-davis (to) davis_william_02122012
etc
i know how to use the rename command in dos, but all that 'seems' to do is just change the name of of one directory, ie rename "john l,smth" "smith_john_04082013"
i tried doing something like:
rename "john l,smth" "smith_john_04082013"; "mary-jones 42nd street" "jones_mary_03122013"; "wil-h-davis" "davis_william_02122012"
the concept being maybe using a separator was the trick to a multiple rename, but that didn't work either.
if anyone knows how to do this that would be very helpful.
TIA
Just create a batch file (plain text file with a .bat extension, like rename_folders.bat), and list each operation as a single line:
ren "john l,smth" "smith_john_04082013"
ren "mary-jones 42nd street" "jones_mary_03122013"
ren "wil-h-davis" "davis_william_02122012"
(ren is the short name for rename, which saves a little typing.)
Once you have all the lines in the file, save it in the folder where you want it to run, open a command prompt in that folder, and just run the batch file (the .bat extension is optional when you run it, as it's one of the known executable file extensions):
C:\YourBaseFolder>rename_folders
or
C:\YourBaseFolder>rename_folders.bat