Using a batch file is there a way that I can strip off the .failed extension for first 1000 files from all files in a directory.
For example
1.pdf.failed => 1.pdf 2.pdf.failed => 2.pdf
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What do you mean by "the first 1000"? the oldest ones? – aschipfl Mar 07 '16 at 08:00
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I mean,top 1000 in the folder. – DayaBM Mar 07 '16 at 11:50
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The "top 1000" makes only sense if you provide information about the used sort order (by name, age, size,...)! – aschipfl Mar 07 '16 at 11:56
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this should work
FOR %%f IN (*.pdf.failed) DO RENAME "%%f" "%%~nf"
If you want to do it only for XX first files, define a variable count and increment it on each loop itineration. When the number is reached, break the loop. See how to break the loop here : How to break inner loop in nested loop batch script
