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Answer» Hi can someone create some code for me please to remove [www.lokotorrents.com] from the file name of a WHOLE bunch of files in the same directory in one command line please? [www.lokotorrents.com] Is this correct, that the unwanted section starts with a [ and ends with a ] ... ? Yuuuup! you can do it?? awesome.... oh there isn't ACTUALLY a speed-boat by the way... SORRY. [www.lokotorrents.com] <--- Remove all including '[' and ']' Code: [Select] @echo off setlocal enabledelayedexpansion set deletestring=[www.lokotorrents.com] echo Ready to start echo. pause echo. for /f "delims==" %%F in ('dir /b ^| find "%deletestring%"') do ( set oldfilename=%%F set newfilename=!oldfilename:%deletestring%=! echo Ren "!oldfilename!" "!newfilename!" ) echo. echo All done pause Copy the above into your editor e.g. Notepad. Save as a .bat or .cmd file in the folder where the files are. Run it. See the results. If you are happy with the way it offers to rename the files, remove 'echo' from the beginning of the line starting 'echo Ren' & save and run it for real. Maybe backup the files first in case it all goes wrong? Or change Ren to Copy? Your choice. I expect you can see where to edit so it will remove other strings... Quote from: Shandy on January 13, 2009, 02:50:36 PM I'm sure it could probably be done in one line anyways using a wild card. I doubt it. Awesome code Didn't work though :/ Here is what I ran as a .bat inside the folder: @echo off setlocal enabledelayedexpansion set deletestring=[www.lokotorrents.com] echo Ready to start echo. pause echo. for /f "delims==" %%F in ('dir /b ^| find "%deletestring%"') do ( set oldfilename=%%F set newfilename=!oldfilename:%deletestring%=! Ren "!oldfilename!" "!newfilename!" ) echo. echo All done pause Thanks ANYWAY I'm still impressed Quote from: Shandy on January 15, 2009, 08:09:16 AM Awesome code Well, it worked for me on a folder full of test files named like you said. You don't actually say in what way it "didn't work" so I can't actually suggest what is wrong. Maybe the files are read only? Maybe you didn't describe what you wanted properly? Code: [Select]S:\Test\Batch>dir *.nul Volume in drive S is USBHD Volume Serial Number is 2C51-AA7F Directory of S:\Test\Batch 13/01/2009 22:25 0 Test-file02[www.lokotorrents.com].nul 13/01/2009 22:25 0 Test-file03[www.lokotorrents.com].nul 13/01/2009 22:25 0 Test-file04[www.lokotorrents.com].nul 13/01/2009 22:25 0 Test-file05[www.lokotorrents.com].nul 13/01/2009 22:25 0 Test-file06[www.lokotorrents.com].nul 13/01/2009 22:25 0 Test-file07[www.lokotorrents.com].nul 13/01/2009 22:25 0 Test-file08[www.lokotorrents.com].nul 13/01/2009 22:25 0 Test-file01[www.lokotorrents.com].nul 8 File(s) 0 bytes 0 Dir(s) 187,333,132,288 bytes free S:\Test\Batch>test8.bat S:\Test\Batch>dir *.nul Volume in drive S is USBHD Volume Serial Number is 2C51-AA7F Directory of S:\Test\Batch 13/01/2009 22:25 0 Test-file02.nul 13/01/2009 22:25 0 Test-file03.nul 13/01/2009 22:25 0 Test-file04.nul 13/01/2009 22:25 0 Test-file05.nul 13/01/2009 22:25 0 Test-file06.nul 13/01/2009 22:25 0 Test-file07.nul 13/01/2009 22:25 0 Test-file08.nul 13/01/2009 22:25 0 Test-file01.nul 8 File(s) 0 bytes 0 Dir(s) 187,333,132,288 bytes free S:\Test\Batch> Test8.bat Code: [Select]@echo off setlocal enabledelayedexpansion set deletestring=[www.lokotorrents.com] for /f "delims==" %%F in ('dir /b ^| find "%deletestring%"') do ( set oldfilename=%%F set newfilename=!oldfilename:%deletestring%=! Ren "!oldfilename!" "!newfilename!" ) Does this code only work on files with the extension .nul? By the looks of it, it works on all file types. C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Downloads\Hardcore Nation (2009) [WwW.LoKoTorre nts.CoM]\Hardcore Nation 2009 .[WwW.LoKoTorrents.CoM](CD-1)>setlocal enabledelayedexpansion C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Downloads\Hardcore Nation (2009) [WwW.LoKoTorre nts.CoM]\Hardcore Nation 2009 .[WwW.LoKoTorrents.CoM](CD-1)>set deletestring=[www.lokotorrents.com] C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Downloads\Hardcore Nation (2009) [WwW.LoKoTorre nts.CoM]\Hardcore Nation 2009 .[WwW.LoKoTorrents.CoM](CD-1)>for /F "delims==" %F in ('dir /b | find "[www.lokotorrents.com]"') do ( set oldfilename=%F set newfilename=!oldfilename:[www.lokotorrents.com]=! Ren "!oldfilename!" "!newfilename!" ) C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Downloads\Hardcore Nation (2009) [WwW.LoKoTorre nts.CoM]\Hardcore Nation 2009 .[WwW.LoKoTorrents.CoM](CD-1)>pause Press any key to continue . . . That's what happened with the last code when i put @echo on at top and pause at the bottom. ^_^I have a feeling you just moved the goal posts, as we say in soccer countries. Is this the string you wish to find and remove? Quote [WwW.LoKoTorrents.CoM] Or is it this (as you originally stated)? Quote [www.lokotorrents.com] because there is a difference. As you should be able to see. Which might explain why my code "didn't work". And why, if I am right, you will need to change this line: Code: [Select]for /f "delims==" %%F in ('dir /b ^| find "%deletestring%"') do ( to this: Code: [Select]for /f "delims==" %%F in ('dir /b /l ^| find "%deletestring%"') do ( The /l switch for DIR forces the file listing to be all lower case. And the answer to this question Quote Does this code only work on files with the extension .nul? By the looks of it, it works on all file types. is: No, it doesn't only work on files with the extension .nul, and you are right, it works on all file types. If you wanted to restrict it to only certain file types, you could modify the FOR command line like this. Let's say you only want to rename .nul files... for /f "delims==" %%F in ('dir /b /l *.nul ^| find "%deletestring%"') do ( It's [WwW.LoKoTorrents.CoM] as you said, but I'll try that other line and see what happens this is fun! lol Thanks for the help It worked! Your a genius! And it's called football not soccer I'm from England ^_^So is the /1 syntax to ignore letter case?? :S |
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