Heres my example of renameing a folder in a directory supplied by the user in a batch file:

@echo off
ECHO Auto Profile Reset by AG
:begin
SET /p variable=[Enter Workstation ID]
SET /p userid=[Enter User ID]
for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=/- " %%a in ('date /t') do set XDate=%%a-%%b-%%c
for /f "tokens=1-2 delims=: " %%a in ('time /t') do set XTime=%%a.%%b
if exist "\\%variable%\C$\documents and settings\" goto exist
echo PATH NOT FOUND... please try again
pause
goto begin
:exist
echo PATH CONFIRMED
pushd \\%variable%\C$\documents and settings\
goto skipit
:notfound
SET /p userid=[Enter User ID]
:skipit
if exist "\\%variable%\C$\documents and settings\%userid%" goto found
echo ID NOT FOUND... please re-enter
pause
goto notfound
:found
Echo modifying...
rename "%userid%" $"%userid%"$"%XDate%"$
Echo ***SUCCESS***
popd
Echo $%userid%$%XDate%$
pause

For /r %%x in (%1) do ren "%%x" %2

this will rename file recursively :-)

save in a file give 2 arguments from extension and to extension.

ex: file name is test.bat
command : test *.avi *.bmp

it renames all files with extension avi to bmp (in all subfolders :))

The following biterscripting script will do just that. To download biterscripting free, go to their website at biterscripting.com .

Save the script in a file called C:/X.txt. Start biterscripting interactive and call the script exactly as follows.

script "C:/X.txt" dir("\gbr1w001\data_transfer_gb77") pattern("INVPRT_")

All dir, file name, pattern are examples, use your own.

You can call this script on any pattern you describe. Or, you can create a master script to repeatitively call this script for each pattern. You can do this in batch mode by calling biterscripting
from another program or DOS.

stex=string extractor, chex=character extracter, chin=character inserter, -p=preserve original string, ]=upto and including, etc. Do a help on commands to get the details. These are rather powerful editor commands.

Sen


# START OF SCRIPT

# Declare input arguments.
var str dir pattern

# Collect a list of files matching the pattern.
var str list
find -f $pattern $dir >$list

# The list of files is in $list. Process one at a time.
while ($list <> "")
do
# Get the next file.
var str file, path, old_name, new_name
lex "1" $list > $file

# Remove path. This will give us just the file name in $old_name.
stex -p "^/^l[" $file > $old_name # After (but excluding) the last /

# Drop the first 7 characters.
chex -p "7]" $old_name > $new_name

# Insert MSG_IN_ after 14 characters.
chin "14" "MSG_IN_" $new_name > null # We are using > null because we dont want to see the output
# We want to insert MSG_IN_ into $new_name (thus no -p option).
script SS_SlashBack.txt ospath($file) >$file

# Rename $file to $new_name
system rename $file $new_name

# END OF SCRIPT

You can use the following script in biterscripting.

# START SCRIPT
var str output ;
system ping "10.10.10.1" > $output
# Did we get any output ?
if ($output <> "")
do
# Yes, we got some output from ping.
# Insert your additional code here.
done
# END SCRIPT

Sen

Reworded quote
i want to rename files a1.txt, a2.txt ...aN.txt files to a1-v1.xt ...aN-vN.txt .

# Change dir to C:\folder.
cd "C:\folder"

# Get a list of files a*.txt.
var str list ; lf -n "a*.txt" > $list

# Process files one by one.
while ($list <> "")
do
    # Get the next file in the list.
    var str file ; lex "1" $list > $file

    # Get the sequence number. It is between a and .txt
    var str seq ; stex -p -r -c "^a&\.txt^" $file > $seq ; stex -c "^a^]" $seq > null ; stex -c "[^.txt^" $seq > null

    # New file name is a$seq-v$seq.txt
    var str newname ; set $newname = "a"+$seq+"-v"+$seq+".txt"

    # Rename file
    echo -e "Renaming file " $file " to " $newname
    system rename ("\""+$file+"\"") ("\""+$newname+"\"")
done