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I am trying to use the REN command in the command prompt to rename a batch of
FOLDERS in one directory. The names are all 11 digits, long mostly letters,
with a number as the last character. At the moment they all have a 5 at the
end of the name, but I want to be able to change this last character to any
other number in one go.
I can do this for a group of txt FILES named 1115,2225,3335,4445..etc by
entering..
Ren U:\folder1\folder2\???5.txt ???6.txt
Which will change the file names to 1116,2226,3336,4446...etc
I want to be able to do the same for the folders however if i try and use
the wildcard characters when changing the name of folders I get an error
message saying "The syntax of the command is incorrect"
This is an example of what i'm trying
Ren U:\Folder1\???5 ???6
Does anyone know why this multiple folder rename won't work like the file
rename does and if it's possible to do what I want using RENAME command.
Any help greatly appreciated, though please dont point me to any third party
software, I am at work and so cannot download any such software which i
realise would be the easy option.
FOLDERS in one directory. The names are all 11 digits, long mostly letters,
with a number as the last character. At the moment they all have a 5 at the
end of the name, but I want to be able to change this last character to any
other number in one go.
I can do this for a group of txt FILES named 1115,2225,3335,4445..etc by
entering..
Ren U:\folder1\folder2\???5.txt ???6.txt
Which will change the file names to 1116,2226,3336,4446...etc
I want to be able to do the same for the folders however if i try and use
the wildcard characters when changing the name of folders I get an error
message saying "The syntax of the command is incorrect"
This is an example of what i'm trying
Ren U:\Folder1\???5 ???6
Does anyone know why this multiple folder rename won't work like the file
rename does and if it's possible to do what I want using RENAME command.
Any help greatly appreciated, though please dont point me to any third party
software, I am at work and so cannot download any such software which i
realise would be the easy option.