Renaming Files - Epson Equity 386SX User Manual

Renaming Files

You can use the RENAME command to change the name of
a file or group of files on the same disk and directory. For
example, to rename a file named PROSPECT (in the current
directory) to CLIENT, type the following and press
RENAME PROSPECT CLIENT
You can shorten the RENAME command to REN. For example,
to change the name of a file from HAMMERS to WRENCHES,
you can type the following and press
REN HAMMERS WRENCHES
You can use wildcards to rename groups of files. For example, to
change the extensions of all files on drive C with the extension
.NEW from .NEW to .OLD, type the following and press
REN C:*.NEW *.OLD
To add the extension .OLD to all files that begin with the same
four characters, MEMO, but end with one varying character,
type the following and press
REN MEMO? MEMO?.OLD
This command renames files such as MEMO1 and MEMO2 to
MEMO1 .OLD and MEM02.OLD.
See your MS-DOS Reference Manual for more information on
the RENAME command.
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