FILES - Need To Rename Several At Once

[Greg Purvis]

Hi.

XP has a method for renaming a series of files so that they have all the
same name and are then numbered, but I need to do something else, and I'm
not sure how.

I'm converting documents from an old word processor to MSWord, and I'm
hoping that Word offers some kind of batch file.

I want to change, for an example,

Monday.JAN
Tuesday.JAN
Wednesday.JAN

to

Monday JAN.DOC
Tuesday JAN.DOC
Wednesday JAN.DOC

That sort of thing. There are hundreds of files and I'm hoping someone
knows of a way to bulk-rename the files that way, rather than having a
folder full of Monday JAN (1).DOC, Monday JAN (2).DOC, and so on.

Thanks in advance for any help.

GP

 

[Steve Atkinson]

If you can live with a dot instead of a space between "Monday" and "Jan",
The following DOS command will do this:

ren *.jan *.jan.doc

You will have to segregate all the ".Jan"'s, e.g., in a separate folder
before doing thins. I preseume there are ".Feb"'s, too. So you will need
12 folders.

 

[Greg Purvis]

Hi.

I wrote earlier with a question about renaming files, and I found two
terrific utilities:

Bulk Rename Utility 2.0.3.1 http://www.tucows.com/preview/294131.html

and

Rename File Extensions http://www.leeos.com/rename_extensions.html

These two freeware utilities work well together: Once a dot-extension is
changed, Bulk Rename Utility is excellent for making any other changes one
needs to make when renaming a file.

The authour of BRU said in an email that his utility will change suffixes
too; I just haven't figured out that part yet. The rest was very easy to
learn and use.

Just passing that info along.

GP

 

[Bright Spark]

Hi, GP - I'm afraid I don't know anything about batch renaming files
in MS Word, but there is a wonderful little free utility that I use
all the time for this very thing called Rname-it! It's the greatest
little program in the world (I rename all my mp3s with it!!) and you
can download it from

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,5272,00.asp

Hope this helps!

Bright Spark