98SE copy files and rename

merlin · 26th March 2004

In Folder A I have say 122 files of different names.
Sometimes there are only 20 files in the folder.
The files have different dates and extensions.
How do I copy the files in Folder A, rename them to a new file
name DTYYYYMMddxxxx - same extension as original file.
Where YYYYMMDD is the current date and xxxx is a sequence number 0 - 1000.
Have a .bat that does part of it but have run into a brick wall.
regards and thanks for your help

scowles · 1st April 2004

what kind of files are they? i do this all the time with image files using ifranview's batch file option.

merlin · 2nd April 2004

Hi Scowles - as mentioned, the files have various extensions
(file types), some are images, some are not, so Irfan cannot
process them.
Thanks for the reply,
regards
The .bat is something like ...

for /F"Comp=2-4 delims = /" %%a in ('date /t')
do copy "C:\temp\date\CO00%%a%%.*
C:\temp\date\a

WhitPhil · 3rd April 2004

How about a utility to help?

Rename

Rename Master

merlin · 3rd April 2004

Hi WhitPhil and thanks for the suggestion.
I have tried all rename apps on the planet and was dissatisfied
with all of them - mainly because I had to do the renames in
2 to 3 stages to get the results I wanted.
That's what made me try to create a .bat to do it.
Given up on that "project" and Rename Master has come into
the picture again - thanks for prompting me about it.
regards