Batch File Rename

For renaming folders, Batch Script provides the REN or RENAME command. Syntax RENAME drive:pathdirectoryname1 filename1 directoryname2 filename2 Let’s look at some examples of renaming folders. Examples ren Example Example1 The above command will rename the folder called Example in the current working directory to Example1. Batch rename files. Now the next thing you want to do is to rename the files sequentially. To do this, press Ctrl+A to select all the files in that folder. Now rename the first file.

Introduction

Bulk Rename Utility: file renaming software for Windows. Bulk Rename Utility is free of charge for personal, private use, at home. To use Bulk Rename Utility within a business entity, company or for commercial purposes, a commercial license is required.

Bulk Rename Utility allows you to easily rename files and entire folders based upon extremely flexible criteria.

Add date/time stamps, replace numbers, insert text, convert case, add auto-numbers, process folders and sub-folders..plus a whole lot more!

• Rename multiple files quickly, according to many flexible criteria. Learn More
• Rename files in many ways: add, replace, insert text into file names. Convert case, add numbers. Remove or change file extensions.
• Check the detailed preview before renaming.
• Rename photos using EXIF metadata (i.e. 'Date Picture Taken', 'Resolution' and other information embedded in all JPG photo files) Rename your holiday pictures from a meaningless dsc1790.jpg to NewYork1.jpg in a flash.
• Rename MP3 files using ID3 tags (a.k.a. MP3 ID3 tag renaming).
• Rename files using Windows File Properties (e.g. media video length, width, height, rate, publisher, etc).
• Change files' creation and modification time stamps.
• Easy to Install. Download and start renaming your files now!

Background

Bulk Rename Utility is an easy to use file rename program (a.k.a. file renamer). Renaming multiple files and/or multiple folders has never been easier! It has a small memory footprint so it can be left running all the time without consuming all your memory. It started as a freeware Visual Basic tool, but as its popularity has grown it has been completely rewritten in C++ to be robust and lightweight - and very, very fast! It can easily handle folders/discs containing well over 100,000 entries.. and it can batch rename 1,000s of files in seconds.

The software gets downloaded very frequently. It has a large base of regular users and an active User's Forum. Most of the features have originated from users' suggestions. As such, it is continually being enhanced and improved.

As well as being 'recommended' by a number of web sites, Bulk Rename Utility has also appeared on many magazine cover-discs, from Brazil to Sweden.

Bulk Rename Utility is compatible with all versions of Windows, e.g. Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP, Windows Server 2019, 2016, 2012, 2008, 2003, 2000.

If you have a suggestion for a new feature, get in touch and it could appear in a future release of the software!

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• Rename files, folders or both.
• Remove, add or change text in the file names.
• Perform text substitution.
• Change the case of file names.
• Remove characters or words.
• Remove digits or symbols.
• Append or prepend text to file names.
• Append the parent folder's name to a file name.
• Append dates to file names in many formats.
• Add text from the clipboard to multiple file names.
• Auto-number files with very flexible rules.
• Preview the new names before renaming.
• Sort the file details by any column.
• Save your renaming criteria into favorites.
• Filter files to rename using wildcards, name length or path length, regex or even javascript conditions.
• 32-bit and 64-bit application.
• Portable / no-install version.

• Add 'Bulk Rename Here' to the Windows Explorer for quick access (optional).
• Directory recursion - process files/folders in all sub-directories too.
• Use Regular Expressions to rename files / folders.
• Use Javascript to rename files / folders.
• Rename files from an input text-file list (CSV).
• Create an Undo batch file.
• Log all renaming activity to a log file.
• Change file and folder date/timestamps (created, modified, accessed).
• Change file/folder attributes (hidden, read-only, archived).
• Rename photos using EXIF metadata (i.e. 'Date Picture Taken', 'Resolution' and other information embedded in all JPG photo files).
• Rename MP3 files using ID3 tags (a.k.a. MP3 ID3 tag renaming).
• Rename files using Windows File Properties (e.g. length, width, height, rate, publisher, title, etc). More than a hundred attributes for different file types.

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A: Changing a single file extension in Windows is simple. Just highlight the filename in Windows Explorer and type a new extension after the dot. While this method works fine for a small number of files, manually editing a large number of filenames can take a long time. Fortunately, you can speed up the process through automation by following the steps below.

Files in a Single Folder

Below is an example folder with several .TXT files that need to be changed to .XML files.

1. In order to batch rename file extensions, you will first need to open the Windows Command Prompt. To do this, choose Start → Accessories → Command Prompt.

You can also type 'cmd' and press Enter in the Windows Start Menu text field.

2. Navigate to the directory containing the files to rename using the 'cd' command ('cd' stands for 'change directory'). For example, you would type 'cd DesktopXML Docs' to navigate to a folder named 'XML Docs' on the Windows desktop.

3. Type the following command, which will rename all *.txt files in the current folder to *.xml files:

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ren *.txt *.xml

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4. The files are all renamed from *.txt to *.xml:

NOTE: If your files have different extensions, or they do not have an extension at all and you would like to add an extension to them, you can use this command instead:

ren * *.xml Lee min jung.

Files in Subfolders

Renaming files in subfolders (or subdirectories) is a more complex task that requires additional syntax. The following command uses a loop that iterates through subfolders (one level deep) and changes all file extensions from *.txt to *.xml:

for /d %x in (*) do pushd %x & ren *.txt *.xml & popd Drivers usb 5.0m af camera.

You can replace *.txt and *.xml with any other extensions in the commands above. Also, you can replace *.txt (the first variable) with just * if you want to rename all extensions for all files.

Batch File Renamer

NOTE: Make sure you type the commands above correctly, as you may not be able to undo the renaming process. If you want to be extra safe, you can copy the files to a new folder so that you have a backup of the files before you run the rename command. Once the renaming process completes successfully, you can delete the extra copy of the files.

Batch File Rename Command

Updated: October 4, 2012