Question

So i would like to copy all the files in a folder to that folder with a different extension. I am on windows 7 and I think the easiest way to do this is with a .cmd script. (i decided against .bat because this seems to be an older solution)

my files follow this pattern

BrettFavre.nunit.config
JohnElway.nunit.config
TimTebow.nunit.config 

I would like for them to look like this

BrettFavre.dll.config
JohnElway.dll.config
TimTebow.dll.config 

my solution was
copy *.config *.dll.config

turns out instead of getting things with a .dll.config ending i instead get a .nunit.dll.config ending. Any thoughts, and if you know of a good reference for cmd scripting please let me know. I had trouble figuring out if guides were for .bat or for .cmd .

thanks

Answer 1

from the command line:

for %A in (*.config) do for %B in ("%~nA") do copy "%A" "%~nB.dll.config"

from within a batch file, double the percents

for %%A in (*.config) do for %%B in ("%%~nA") do copy "%%A" "%%~nB.dll.config"