How to remove spaces (not replace with underscores) from several thousand files in bulk in Windows? Can I do this from the DOS command?
Currently:
file one.mp3
file two.mp3
All files need to become:
fileone.mp3
filetwo.mp3
You can press and hold the Ctrl key and then click each file to rename. Or you can choose the first file, press and hold the Shift key, and then click the last file to select a group.
When you send arguments, those with poison or space characters need to be doublequoted. Inside your batch file, if you no longer need the surrounding doublequotes, you'd remove them by using %~5 instead of %5 . Additionally the recommended syntax for the set command is Set "VariableName=VariableValue" .
Here is a script that can efficiently bulk rename files, stripping all spaces from the name.
:renameNoSpace [/R] [FolderPath]
@echo off
setlocal disableDelayedExpansion
if /i "%~1"=="/R" (
set "forOption=%~1 %2"
set "inPath="
) else (
set "forOption="
if "%~1" neq "" (set "inPath=%~1\") else set "inPath="
)
for %forOption% %%F in ("%inPath%* *") do (
if /i "%~f0" neq "%%~fF" (
set "folder=%%~dpF"
set "file=%%~nxF"
setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
echo ren "!folder!!file!" "!file: =!"
ren "!folder!!file!" "!file: =!"
endlocal
)
)
Assume the script is called renameNoSpace.bat
renameNoSpace
: (no arguments) Renames files in the current directory
renameNoSpace /R
: Renames files in the folder tree rooted at the current directory
renameNoSpace myFolder
: Renames files in the "myFolder" directory found in the current directory.
renameNoSpace "c:\my folder\"
: Renames files in the specified path. Quotes are used because path contains a space.
renameNoSpace /R c:\
: Renames all files on the C: drive.
In Windows:
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