Renaming file names with a BAT file

Question

Need to edit the file names of set of video files in a single folder in Windows 7.

Interested in a simple way to do the following modification to set of file names

Replace the "." with the character "x"

eg. 
   original: 04.19 - Lady & Peebles.mp4
   renamed:  04x19 - Lady & Peebles.mp4

What is a suitable way to do this manually using a Batch file?

@ThatWeirdo, Not everyone knows C#.. like me! But Batch is easier for me in this case, without the compiling overhead. — Sunny Patel, Apr 22 '14 at 20:55
Forgot to mention that the "." I'm referring to is the first one, not the file extension. — SS', Apr 22 '14 at 21:06

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 22 '14 at 23:02

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Try Like this

@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /a-d/b *.mp4') do (
    set "$File=%%~na"
    echo ren "%%a" "!$file:.=x!%%~xa"
)

The echo is included so that you can test the output. If it's OK remove it.

edited Apr 22 '14 at 23:02

unclemeat

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answered Apr 22 '14 at 21:04

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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@echo off
Setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

Set "Folder=C:\Folder\*.mp4"

Set "Pattern=."
Set "Replace=x"

FOR %%# IN ("%Folder%") DO (
    SET "File=%%~nx#"
    REN "%%#" "!File:%Pattern%=%Replace%!"
)

SET "Pattern=xmp4"
SET "Replace=.mp4"

FOR %%# IN ("%Folder%") DO (
    SET "File=%%~nx#"
    REN "%%#" "!File:%Pattern%=%Replace%!"
)

PAUSE&EXIT

Source: How to rename file by replacing substring using batch in Windows

Do some research next time please.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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answered Apr 22 '14 at 20:58

assembly_wizard

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@SS' Did you change the `Folder` variable to the correct path? @ThatWeirdo There's no need for the second renaming - instead of `%%~nx#`, you can use `%%~n#` which will get the name of the file without the extension. You can then tack on the extension at the end. Take a look at the answer from @sachadee. – unclemeat Apr 22 '14 at 23:01

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 23 '14 at 00:06

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Have the first dot ALL the files? If so, then this command-line do the desired rename:

for /F "tokens=1-3 delims=." %a in ('dir /B *.mp4') do ren "%a.%b.%c" "%ax%b.%c"

If you insert previous line in a Batch file, then double the percent signs.

answered Apr 23 '14 at 00:06

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