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If I have multiple files in a directory and want to append something to their filenames, but not to the extension, how would I do this?
I have tried the following, with test files file1.txt and file2.txt:
ren *.txt *1.1.txt This renames the files to file1.1.txt and file2.txt1.1.txt
I want the files to be file1 1.1.txt and file2 1.1.txt
Will this be possible from cmd or do I need to have a bat file to do this? What about PowerShell?
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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.
If there are multiple files that you want to rename, first, you can list the old file names in a column of worksheet, and then enter the new filenames that you want to replace with. To quickly list all files in worksheet, you can use the Kutools for Excel's Filename List utility.
Make sure that there are more ? than there are characters in the longest name:
ren *.txt "???????????????????????????? 1.1.txt" See How does the Windows RENAME command interpret wildcards? for more info.
New Solution - 2014/12/01
For those who like regular expressions, there is JREN.BAT - a hybrid JScript/batch command line utility that will run on any version of Windows from XP forward.
jren "^.*(?=\.)" "$& 1.1" /fm "*.txt" or
jren "^(.*)(\.txt)$" "$1 1.1$2" /i If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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