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98SE copy files and rename

Discussion in 'Other PC Software' started by merlin, 2004/03/26.

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  1. 2004/03/26
    merlin

    merlin Inactive Thread Starter

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    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
     
  2. 2004/04/01
    scowles

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

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    merlin

    merlin Inactive Thread Starter

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    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
     
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    merlin

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    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
     
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