I have numerous files in a very complex directory structure, and for reasons not worth discussing I need to rename all files with the extension of ".inp" to have ".TXT" extensions. There are numerous other files with other extensions that I do not want to be touched, and I want to do it recursively down at least 5 levels.
So far I have:
for /d %%x in (*) do pushd %%x & Ren *.inp *.TXT & popd
...but this only goes down one level of directories.
Can anyone help? Thanks in advance!
for /r startdir %%i in (*.inp) do ECHO ren "%%i" "%%~ni.txt"
should work for you. Replace startdir
with your starting directoryname and when you've checked this works to your satisfaction, remove the echo
before the ren
to actually do the rename.
For the downvoters: executing a batch file differs from excuting from the command prompt in that each %%x
where x
is the metavariable (loop-control variable) needs to be reduced to %
, so
for /r startdir %i in (*.inp) do ECHO ren "%i" "%~ni.txt"
should work if you execute this from the prompt. Please read the note about echo
.
On Windows 7, the following one-line command works for me, to rename all files, recursively, in *.js to *.txt:
FOR /R %x IN (*.js) DO ren "%x" *.txt
John Smith's answer is excellent, and it works. But to be completely clear (I had to re-read magoo's notes to figure out the correct syntax), here is exactly what you need to do...
BATCH FILE:
FOR /R %%x IN (*.js) DO ren "%%x" *.txt
COMMAND LINE:
FOR /R %x IN (*.js) DO ren "%x" *.txt
Up vote their responses, I am but a lowly formater...