Use REN Command Ren is for rename ren ( where the file is located ) ( the new name ) example ren C:\Users\&username%\Desktop\aaa.txt bbb.txt it will change aaa.txt to bbb.txt Your code will be : ren (file located)AAA_a001.jpg a001.AAA.jpg ren (file located)BBB_a002.jpg a002.BBB.jpg ren (file located)CCC_a003.jpg a003.CCC.jpg and so on IT WILL NOT WORK IF … Read more
You can find the newer of two files with one line of batch script. Just list the files in date order, oldest first, which means the last file listed must be the newer file. So if you save the file name each time, the last name put in your variable will be the newest file. … Read more
I have resolved this problem with help from a contractor who was doing some other work for my institution. In the properties window for the task, on the Action tab, when creating or editing the action that opens the batch file (in my case test.bat), there is the “Program/script:” field and there is also a … Read more
I see three possible workarounds. 1) Building the line combining multiple for-parameters. @echo off SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion set “line=” for %%a in (“line1” “line2” “line3” “line4″ ) do set line=!line!%%~a echo !line! Drawback: It drops lines, when there is a ? or * in the text. 2) Leaving the “quote” at the end of each line … Read more
Generally batch functions return values in one of two ways: 1) A single integer value can be returned via the errorlevel by using EXIT /B n where n = some number. @echo off setlocal call :sum 1 2 echo the answer is %errorlevel% exit /b :sum setlocal set /a “rtn=%1 + %2” exit /b %rtn% … Read more
Give this a shot: @echo off setlocal call :FindReplace “findstr” “replacestr” input.txt exit /b :FindReplace <findstr> <replstr> <file> set tmp=”%temp%\tmp.txt” If not exist %temp%\_.vbs call :MakeReplace for /f “tokens=*” %%a in (‘dir “%3” /s /b /a-d /on’) do ( for /f “usebackq” %%b in (`Findstr /mic:”%~1″ “%%a”`) do ( echo(&Echo Replacing “%~1” with “%~2” in … Read more
I ran into the exact same problem. However, I felt duped when I read what Trevor778 wrote in this post: I had the same problem – the task worked but the status kept showing Running. One simple thing to try is click on the Task Scheduler Library in the left column. Click Action/Refresh. Presto. Status … Read more
If you want to RETURN to original directory, do the first change with PUSHD and return with POPD. That is, moves to %1 directory must be achieved with PUSHD %1 instead of CD %1, and the return is achieved with POPD instead of CD where? If you want to ACCESS the original directory after changed … Read more
Windows batch scripting certainly does not have any formal exception handling – hardly surprising considering how primitive the language is. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think effective exception handling could be hacked up. But then some amazing discoveries were made on a Russian site concerning the behavior of an erroneous GOTO statement … Read more