Rename many files one command at dos command prompt

[jwkolker]

Hello:

I have many files named like this
TFW001234_jpg.jpg
TFW001235_jpg.jpg
TFW001236_jpg.jpg
and so on...

I want to change the whole lot of them to be
TFW001234.jpg
TFW001235.jpg
TFW001236.jpg

They all reside in the same directory and I am trying to us the dos command

rename TFW*_jpg.jpg TFW*.jpg

and it is not working.

Any dos command line help would be appreciated.

Thank you.


John Kolker
Programmer
jwkolker@comcast.net

 

[lewds]

Yes. Remember, in DOS the * symbol means all following

You should try at the command prompt:>

rename TFW00123?????.* TFW00123?.*

The ? is the place holder for only 1 charactor

I did a sample test and it works just fine.

 

[rfitch]

There are also non-dos freeware utilities available for renaming groups of files with some cool options. Check download.com and search for rename.