Windows Batch File - rename 220 files

Hi,

I am running Windows Vista Home Premium.

I have a directory that contains 220 files that I want to rename.

The format of some files are as follows:

fileName fileNumber fileSecondaryName (common name).txt

Other files are like:
file Name fileNumber fileSecondaryName (common.name).txt

The only differences are the space in "file name" at the beginning and a period in between the two words in the brackets.

I am after a script that will rename these files by deleting the "fileName or "file name"" and "(common name)" or "(common.name)", including the brackets, from the file name.

That is renamed to:
fileNumber fileSecondaryName.txt

Can anyone help? :)

Regards
Noobie :thumbsup:

Thank you

so let me get this straight, you just want your files to say: fileNumber fileSecondaryName.txt ? If so, you can't make a batch do it but I could whip you something up in c++ if you want.

so let me get this straight, you just want your files to say: fileNumber fileSecondaryName.txt ? If so, you can't make a batch do it but I could whip you something up in c++ if you want.

As long as it will do what I want then yes please.:)

ok done, give me an email address to send it to.

and note: if it tells you it failed to rename a bunch of files, it probably isn't true. I messed up the counter code a little but it works fine as long as the files are named 1 of the 2 formats you described. If not, it will simply ignore them.

ok done, give me an email address to send it to.

and note: if it tells you it failed to rename a bunch of files, it probably isn't true. I messed up the counter code a little but it works fine as long as the files are named 1 of the 2 formats you described. If not, it will simply ignore them.
it's sn4ke.doctor@googlemail.com

you can't make a batch do it
yes, it can be done, albeit a little tedious

here's a vbscript


Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
myFolder = "c:\temp" 'Folder where your text files are kept
For Each files In objFSO.GetFolder(myFolder).Files
If InStr(1,files.Name,"(common name)") > 0 Then
strName = Replace(files.Name," (common name)","")
s = Split(strName," ")
strNew = ""
For i = LBound(s) To UBound(s)
If IsNumeric(s(i)) Then
For j = i To UBound(s)
strNew = strNew & " " & s(j)
Next
Exit For
End If
Next
newFileName = Trim(strNew)
files.Name = newFileName
End If
Next

usage : cscript /nologo myscript.vbs

that vb script doesn't work for his common.name files. i'm emailing you the program now, tell me if there's a problem. Oh ya, and rename the file from SnakeDoctorsFileRenamer.exe.ERASETHISPART to SnakeDoctorsFileRenamer.exe, because gmail doesn't let you email anything that ends in exe, or a zip that contains one.

that vb script doesn't work for his common.name files.
Have you tried running it? what doesn't work?

i'm emailing you the program now, tell me if there's a problem.

Thanks Dunna, That's great. :thumbsup:

Any chance you can part with the source code as I have several directories where I have a similar problem but where the file names are different?

Oh, sorry snakedoctor didn't see your post until now. Sure I can give you the source, if you still want it. Just reply here (I'd email right now but I don't have it on me).

Yes please Dunna.