hello.
How can I rename a directory with unknown name (without knowing folder’s name) through CMD in windows (7) ?
Or rename all subfolders of a folder or rename a folder that we know just a part of its name like “hello” at the last of folder’s name?
thanx.
Rename A Folder With Unknown Name Via Cmd
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The computer can not read your mind. You have to know what you want to rename even if it is a part of the name or even something that is in the folder. Other wise you have to ask the user a question as to the name.
Can you provide one of these like a partial name…
ren New* Old*
The * means any folders that start with the name new so like NewFolder will be renamed OldFolder and so on.
Or if there is a file that will exist in the folder that we can find. Something.
What is the command you used?
If you know the last part of the file then you put the star in front like…
ren *oldfolder *newfolder
but if you give us more like the name of the folder you are trying to change.
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You have dots in the folder names. You could try…
ren “*test” “newname.test”
I am not sure this will work thought.
Thanks for your answer.
I found answer :
when we don’t know the directory name we can rename it with command “for” like below :
for /d %a in (“C:\folderpath\*”) do rename
%a newname
and we can do more things with “for” command.
THUND3R.