On Win XP SP3 using the MSDOS cmd prompt, is it possible to rename MULTIPLE files (all in same directory folder) with the following criteria:-
all files are street addresses ( ie 11 MickeyMouse Road.doc or .pdf )
I want to rename the files with the numeric PART of the address at the end of the file preceeded by , ie( MickeyMouse Road,11.doc(or.pdf))
If possible i also need to insert 4 characters (LAB_) at the start of the filename
ie LAB_MickeyMouse Road,11.doc (or .pdf)
The numerics can be from 1 to 4 characters long.
Can anyone advise the MSDOS commands to achieve this result? Would be much appreciated. are you the same guy as this?

a vbscript for you. for renaming the files, i leave it to you to read the manual to find out how
Code: [SELECT]Set objFS = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
strFolder = "c:\test"
Set objFolder = objFS.GetFolder(strFolder)
For Each strFile In objFolder.Files
strFileName = strFile.Name
ext = objFS.GetExtensionName(strFileName)
If ext = "pdf" Or ext = "doc" Then
strStreet = objFS.GetBaseName(strFileName)
splitted = Split(strStreet," ")
If IsNumeric(splitted(0)) Then
strname=""
For i=1 To UBound(splitted)
strname = strname & " " & splitted(i)
Next
strname = "LAB_" & Trim(strname) & "," & splitted(0)
WScript.ECHO strname & "." & ext
' Put your rename statement here.... i leave it to you

End If
End If
Next
Well for the second one,

@echo off
for /f "delims=" %%A in (dir /b FOLDER) do ren %%A LAB_%%A

should work...although I am working via DSi, so I can't test it.