Question

I am trying to rename all the files present in a Windows directory using FOR command as follows at the command prompt:

for %1 in (*.*) do ren %1 test%1  

E.g. This renames a file enc1.ctl to testenc1.ctl enc2.ctl to testenc2.ctl

Thats not what i want. What i want is enc1.ctl renamed to test1.ctl enc2.ctl renamed to test2.ctl

How do i do that?

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@Akelunuk: Thanks, that w kind of works but i have files names as

h263_enc_random_pixels_1.ctl , h263_enc_random_pixels_2.ctl which i want to rename to

test1.ctl and test2.ctl respectively

Then how?

Answer 1

If you know the number of files, (say 10), you can use

for /L %1 in (1,1,10) do ren enc%1.ctl test%1.ctl