DOS question
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I have to rename in some folders many file. The file are named like:
L1.txt
L2.txt
...
L9.txt
L10.txt
...
L99.txt
L100.txt
...Now, to apply some code, I need that the names changes to
L001.txt
...
L009.txt
L010.txt
...
L099.txt
L100.txtI was thinking to use the old DOS. I was hoping to use a couple of command to solve the problem. Something like
rename L?.txt L00?.txt
rename L??.txt L0??.txtbut it looks to not work as desired. I think it understands the 'input' names, but wrong to interpret the second string of the command. any expert on the 'old' DOS? :)
Russell
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+1 for BRU! It works great. :)
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I have to rename in some folders many file. The file are named like:
L1.txt
L2.txt
...
L9.txt
L10.txt
...
L99.txt
L100.txt
...Now, to apply some code, I need that the names changes to
L001.txt
...
L009.txt
L010.txt
...
L099.txt
L100.txtI was thinking to use the old DOS. I was hoping to use a couple of command to solve the problem. Something like
rename L?.txt L00?.txt
rename L??.txt L0??.txtbut it looks to not work as desired. I think it understands the 'input' names, but wrong to interpret the second string of the command. any expert on the 'old' DOS? :)
Russell
The answer as always: Total Commander. It has a very nice file renaming tool. :)
xacc.ide
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The answer as always: Total Commander. It has a very nice file renaming tool. :)
xacc.ide
IronScheme - 1.0 RC 1 - out now!
((λ (x) `(,x ',x)) '(λ (x) `(,x ',x))) The Scheme Programming Language – Fourth Edition -
I have to rename in some folders many file. The file are named like:
L1.txt
L2.txt
...
L9.txt
L10.txt
...
L99.txt
L100.txt
...Now, to apply some code, I need that the names changes to
L001.txt
...
L009.txt
L010.txt
...
L099.txt
L100.txtI was thinking to use the old DOS. I was hoping to use a couple of command to solve the problem. Something like
rename L?.txt L00?.txt
rename L??.txt L0??.txtbut it looks to not work as desired. I think it understands the 'input' names, but wrong to interpret the second string of the command. any expert on the 'old' DOS? :)
Russell
Russell' wrote:
any expert on the 'old' DOS?
Looks to be some good stuff here.
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The answer as always: Total Commander. It has a very nice file renaming tool. :)
xacc.ide
IronScheme - 1.0 RC 1 - out now!
((λ (x) `(,x ',x)) '(λ (x) `(,x ',x))) The Scheme Programming Language – Fourth Edition -
I have to rename in some folders many file. The file are named like:
L1.txt
L2.txt
...
L9.txt
L10.txt
...
L99.txt
L100.txt
...Now, to apply some code, I need that the names changes to
L001.txt
...
L009.txt
L010.txt
...
L099.txt
L100.txtI was thinking to use the old DOS. I was hoping to use a couple of command to solve the problem. Something like
rename L?.txt L00?.txt
rename L??.txt L0??.txtbut it looks to not work as desired. I think it understands the 'input' names, but wrong to interpret the second string of the command. any expert on the 'old' DOS? :)
Russell
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I have to rename in some folders many file. The file are named like:
L1.txt
L2.txt
...
L9.txt
L10.txt
...
L99.txt
L100.txt
...Now, to apply some code, I need that the names changes to
L001.txt
...
L009.txt
L010.txt
...
L099.txt
L100.txtI was thinking to use the old DOS. I was hoping to use a couple of command to solve the problem. Something like
rename L?.txt L00?.txt
rename L??.txt L0??.txtbut it looks to not work as desired. I think it understands the 'input' names, but wrong to interpret the second string of the command. any expert on the 'old' DOS? :)
Russell
Kind of old school, but for tasks like this, I'll fire up my spreadsheet program of choice and build individual statements using simple formulas and cell formatting. Once you have a column of commands, you can copy them and paste them into the command prompt and they'll run one at a time. Not as cool as PowerShell or some of the other better answers, but it gets the job done.
Joe Enos joe@jtenos.com
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Kind of old school, but for tasks like this, I'll fire up my spreadsheet program of choice and build individual statements using simple formulas and cell formatting. Once you have a column of commands, you can copy them and paste them into the command prompt and they'll run one at a time. Not as cool as PowerShell or some of the other better answers, but it gets the job done.
Joe Enos joe@jtenos.com
Joe has the best answer on this one.
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I have to rename in some folders many file. The file are named like:
L1.txt
L2.txt
...
L9.txt
L10.txt
...
L99.txt
L100.txt
...Now, to apply some code, I need that the names changes to
L001.txt
...
L009.txt
L010.txt
...
L099.txt
L100.txtI was thinking to use the old DOS. I was hoping to use a couple of command to solve the problem. Something like
rename L?.txt L00?.txt
rename L??.txt L0??.txtbut it looks to not work as desired. I think it understands the 'input' names, but wrong to interpret the second string of the command. any expert on the 'old' DOS? :)
Russell
Hmm, multiple tools available really, depending on budget and the amount of effort you want to use: ZTREE (remember Xtree for DOS), ZTree is based on this, is still being developed and sold, and has none of the memory limits of the old DOS Xtree, seing as how its a Windows 32bit console app. Otherwise look at XXCOPY if you want something that runs in a window, DirectoryOpus or Powerdesk for native windows GUI. If you want 'free', then Powershell would be a good start, or one of the many 'Norton Commander' clones out there.
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I have to rename in some folders many file. The file are named like:
L1.txt
L2.txt
...
L9.txt
L10.txt
...
L99.txt
L100.txt
...Now, to apply some code, I need that the names changes to
L001.txt
...
L009.txt
L010.txt
...
L099.txt
L100.txtI was thinking to use the old DOS. I was hoping to use a couple of command to solve the problem. Something like
rename L?.txt L00?.txt
rename L??.txt L0??.txtbut it looks to not work as desired. I think it understands the 'input' names, but wrong to interpret the second string of the command. any expert on the 'old' DOS? :)
Russell
Use the following script. It does the following: For each *.txt file in the current directory... 1. remove the first character, assuming it is an L 2. add 00 to the front 3. extracts the last 7 characters XXX.txt, where XXX is the original number padded with zeros 4. adds the L back to the front 5. does the rename
@echo off
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /b *.txt') do (
(set i=%%a)
(set i=00!i:~1,100!)
(set i=L!i:~-7!)
echo rename "%%a" to "!i!"
rename "%%a" "!i!"
)
endlocal -
Bingo! :) When I first saw (Windows a.k.a.) Total Commander, I used to sneer at it. But that was a long time ago. Now, I never look at whatsitcalled included with windows.
..................... Life is too shor
At least, I think that's what it does, so surely they named it that. Same initials, anyway. Total Commander is da bomb, baby. Select the files (or folders) to rename, press CTRL-M for the rename dialog, and bask in the options. Also note the preview before committing changes.
Narf.
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Joe has the best answer on this one.
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Use the following script. It does the following: For each *.txt file in the current directory... 1. remove the first character, assuming it is an L 2. add 00 to the front 3. extracts the last 7 characters XXX.txt, where XXX is the original number padded with zeros 4. adds the L back to the front 5. does the rename
@echo off
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /b *.txt') do (
(set i=%%a)
(set i=00!i:~1,100!)
(set i=L!i:~-7!)
echo rename "%%a" to "!i!"
rename "%%a" "!i!"
)
endlocalI like that!
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I have to rename in some folders many file. The file are named like:
L1.txt
L2.txt
...
L9.txt
L10.txt
...
L99.txt
L100.txt
...Now, to apply some code, I need that the names changes to
L001.txt
...
L009.txt
L010.txt
...
L099.txt
L100.txtI was thinking to use the old DOS. I was hoping to use a couple of command to solve the problem. Something like
rename L?.txt L00?.txt
rename L??.txt L0??.txtbut it looks to not work as desired. I think it understands the 'input' names, but wrong to interpret the second string of the command. any expert on the 'old' DOS? :)
Russell
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Hmm, multiple tools available really, depending on budget and the amount of effort you want to use: ZTREE (remember Xtree for DOS), ZTree is based on this, is still being developed and sold, and has none of the memory limits of the old DOS Xtree, seing as how its a Windows 32bit console app. Otherwise look at XXCOPY if you want something that runs in a window, DirectoryOpus or Powerdesk for native windows GUI. If you want 'free', then Powershell would be a good start, or one of the many 'Norton Commander' clones out there.
Mike is right, for jobs like these I can't live without ZTree. You can insert, delete portions of the name, insert an autoincrement (with or without the leading zeroes), etc.
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I have to rename in some folders many file. The file are named like:
L1.txt
L2.txt
...
L9.txt
L10.txt
...
L99.txt
L100.txt
...Now, to apply some code, I need that the names changes to
L001.txt
...
L009.txt
L010.txt
...
L099.txt
L100.txtI was thinking to use the old DOS. I was hoping to use a couple of command to solve the problem. Something like
rename L?.txt L00?.txt
rename L??.txt L0??.txtbut it looks to not work as desired. I think it understands the 'input' names, but wrong to interpret the second string of the command. any expert on the 'old' DOS? :)
Russell
I use either Stexbar[^] or Shell Renamer[^]
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I have to rename in some folders many file. The file are named like:
L1.txt
L2.txt
...
L9.txt
L10.txt
...
L99.txt
L100.txt
...Now, to apply some code, I need that the names changes to
L001.txt
...
L009.txt
L010.txt
...
L099.txt
L100.txtI was thinking to use the old DOS. I was hoping to use a couple of command to solve the problem. Something like
rename L?.txt L00?.txt
rename L??.txt L0??.txtbut it looks to not work as desired. I think it understands the 'input' names, but wrong to interpret the second string of the command. any expert on the 'old' DOS? :)
Russell
for /I %I in (1,1,9) do ren L%I.txt L00%I.txt
for /I %I in (10,1,99) do ren L%I.txt L0%I.txtSoftware Zen:
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I have to rename in some folders many file. The file are named like:
L1.txt
L2.txt
...
L9.txt
L10.txt
...
L99.txt
L100.txt
...Now, to apply some code, I need that the names changes to
L001.txt
...
L009.txt
L010.txt
...
L099.txt
L100.txtI was thinking to use the old DOS. I was hoping to use a couple of command to solve the problem. Something like
rename L?.txt L00?.txt
rename L??.txt L0??.txtbut it looks to not work as desired. I think it understands the 'input' names, but wrong to interpret the second string of the command. any expert on the 'old' DOS? :)
Russell
Up till a couple of months ago I would have written this in VBScript no sweat but these days I am writing everything in PowerShell to get my skills up. Thanks for the challenge.
# Make 100 test files (create dir structure first)
1..100 | % ($_){New-Item "c:\scripts\Lfiles\L$_.txt" -type file}# Rename all files to specification (remove -whatif switch to make it live)
Get-ChildItem c:\scripts\Lfiles | % ($_){rename-item -path $_.fullname -newname (($_.basename -replace "[0-9]", "")+("{0:000}" -f [int]($_.basename -replace "[^0-9]", ""))+($_.extension)) -whatif} -
I think the best way to do this is to use a batch file and the FOR command. Take a look at this[^] for some ideas.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Assuming Russell is actually using DOS (we still have machinery running DOS exclusively on 386 and 486 machines), I think Henry's idea is probably the best place to start. The DOS ? and * wildcard characters don't always give exactly the expected results.