batch rename files folder name code example
Example 1: batch rename folders
REM # (1) Rename folders (not files) in the current folder only
REM # (2) Rename folders (not files) in the current folder and its subfolders
REM # | EXAMPLE (1)
REM # | ---------------------------------------------------------------
REM # | Replace " " with "_" for the folders in the current folder only
@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set "pattern_to_replace= "
set "replace_text=_"
for /d %%N in ("*") do (
set "InitName=%%N"
call set NewName=%%InitName:!pattern_to_replace!=!replace_text!%%
if NOT !InitName!==!NewName! (
echo rename "!InitName!" "!NewName!"
rename "!InitName!" "!NewName!"
)
)
@echo on
REM # | EXAMPLE (2)
REM # | ---------------------------------------------------------------
REM # | Replace " " with "_" for the folders in the current folder and all its subfolders
@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set "pattern_to_replace= "
set "replace_text=_"
for /d /R "%cd%" %%N in ("*") do (
set "InitName=%%~nN%%~xN"
call set NewName=%%InitName:!pattern_to_replace!=!replace_text!%%
if NOT %%N==%%~dN%%~pN!NewName! (
echo rename "%%~dN%%~pN!InitName!" "!NewName!"
rename "%%~dN%%~pN!InitName!" "!NewName!"
)
)
@echo on
REM # | ---------------------------------------------------------------
Example 2: batch rename folder
REM # | EXAMPLE (changes the ChangeMyName folder's name to NameChanged)
rename "C:/Users/JacquesK/ChangeMyName" "NameChanged"
REM # | SYNTAX
REM # | rename "<folder-to-change-the-name-of>" "<new-folder-name>"