Re: How to STOP file - a command line & script - where do you put it to work?

From: ~ FreeSpirit ~ (spammenot_at_nospam.net)
Date: 12/11/04 

Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 19:06:22 -0600

"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
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That batch is for a very specific problem. It can be as simple as

ren oldfilename newfilename

## Where is that typed? Is there a program that I need?

Or as you seem to be adding words to the beginning of a name.
FOR %A IN (*.jpg) do ren "%A" "Old %~nxA"
All jpgs will have old prepended to their name.

## Where does that go to change the names of the files? Where do I type
that in and tell it which folders to change the names in?

That website didn't explain where this is typed in or how to tell it what
folders etc.

FS~ 

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"~ FreeSpirit ~" <spammenot@nospam.net> wrote in message 
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> "Malke" <malke@nospoonnotreally.com> wrote in message
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>
>> I gave you an answer to one of your other posts (and please keep posts
>> about one subject in one thread;
>
> ## Sorry.  The other thread is about WMP and how to stop it from phoning
> home/being seen as SPYWARE.  I still can't find those buttons the face it
> shows when it comes up.   But THAT'S another problem.
>
> it makes it difficult to help you
>> otherwise). However, in addition to what I suggested there, you could
>> also do some Googling about the command line and creating scripts.
>
> ##  I have no clue what a command line or a script is, what they do or how
> to write them??!?!?!!  I'm a PC user, not a software, java or script 
> writer.
> :-)
>
> For
>> instance, I found this link that might be quite helpful:
>
>> http://www.computing.net/dos/wwwboard/forum/13970.html
>> It's about renaming files using a batch script.
>
> From the above site:  I have never seen anything like this nor do I know 
> how
> to rewrite it allowing me to change names individually in a folder.
>
> This is the script that was given:  (Example)
> @echo off
> if "%1"=="GoTo" goto %2
> if not "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" goto eof
> %comspec% /v:on /c %0 GoTo start
> goto eof
>
> :start
> echo.
> echo This program will rename all files from the current directory,
> echo and possibly from its subdirectories, following a certain rule.
> echo.
> echo Press any key to VIEW the renaming process . . .
> pause > nul
> echo Processing . . .
>
> type nul> %temp%.\process.bat
> :: To include the files under subdirectories from current
> :: directory on the renaming process, add the string ' /R'
> :: after the string 'for' on the next line, so it becomes
> :: 'for /R' (don't forget the space between the strings)
> for %%F in (*.*) do (
> set ORIG=%%~nF
> set ORIG=!ORIG:-=!
> set FILE=!ORIG:~3,-4!
> set EXT=!ORIG:~-4,-1!
> if not "!FILE!"=="" if not "!EXT!"=="" (
> echo REN "%%F" "!FILE!.!EXT!">> %temp%.\process.bat
> )
> )
>
> ##  And the average PC user is supposed to understand that, where to put 
> it,
> how to get it to work, how to rewrite it to suit their needs, etc?   It
> looks like Chinese to me.  :-(
> Besides I'm not just changing or removing one word or number in the file
> name. I'm adding different years to different files, shortening the 
> Artists
> names etc.  They can't be batchfiled even if I understood the code above.
>
> But I thank you for the suggestions.
>
> FS~
>
>> Malke
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>