Re: Batch Rename

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IEric wrote:
I have a large batch file that copies pdf files from one network directory to another. It works great! Now, I was wondering if it is possible to create a batch file that copies the files and renames them? (It would be really cool if I could use a wildcard some how that would allow me to add the date on the end of the file name!)

I did some playing around with the "RENAME" command, but I could not get it to work with spaces in the file name. I need to maintain the spaces in these file names, so is there a way to make this work? As I alluded to above, I would like to add the date to the end of the file name. If a wild card can't be used, I will just get it setup manually once, open the file in Excel and use the replace command.

Thanks!

Eric


If you don't want to write a batch file yourself, one of my favorite freeware applications, Irfanview, includes a batch rename facility. Among other things, you can include a param for the system date in the name pattern. There's even a command line syntax. It's quite a powerful tool, so you should experiment a bit with dummy files before you turn it loose on your entire directory of pdfs. http://www.irfanview.net/


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