Renaming multiple sub folders

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29 Mar 2015 14:44
hozza

how to rename multiple folders
example:
I have folder C:\folder and inside of it i have sub folders: folder1, folder2, folder3 etc. and all of those folders inside is folder named v1.9.6 and iwant those folders renamed as v1.9.7

how to do it?

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#2 29 Mar 2015 15:11
foxidrive
#3 29 Mar 2015 15:12
foxidrive

Your question is not very clear and this would help to understand it:
Use this command to get the folder structure in a text file - edit the file and paste a sample here of what you want to do.

dir /b /s /ad >file.txt

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#4 29 Mar 2015 15:24
hozza

Structure:
C:\Folder\Folder1\v1.9.6\
C:\Folder\Folder2\v1.9.6\
C:\Folder\Folder3\v1.9.6\
C:\Folder\Folder4\v1.9.6\
C:\Folder\Folder5\v1.9.6\

and I want to rename all those v1.9.6 folders to v1.9.7

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#5 29 Mar 2015 16:17
AiroNG

a very simple way would be:

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@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set "a="
for /l %%a in (1,1,5) do (
set "num=%%a"
pushd C:\Folder\folder!num!\
rename v1.9.6 v1.9.7
popd
)
goto :eof

But there will be a problem if one of those numbered folder would contain a file named "v1.9.6"

I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.

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#6 29 Mar 2015 16:53
hozza

okey I wasnt very specific my mistake! folder names ain't a folder1 folder2.... etc.
here is the real one
Structure:
C:\Files\art\modifications\v1.9.6\
C:\Files\hangar\modifications\v1.9.6\
C:\Files\scripts\modifications\v1.9.6\
C:\Files\pictures\modifications\v1.9.6\
C:\Files\install_files\modifications\v1.9.6\

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#7 29 Mar 2015 19:28
AiroNG

the long and not very smart way:

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@echo off
pushd C:\Files\art\modifications\
rename v1.9.6 v1.9.7
popd

pushd C:\Files\hangar\modifications\
rename v1.9.6 v1.9.7
popd

pushd C:\Files\scripts\modifications\
rename v1.9.6 v1.9.7
popd

pushd C:\Files\pictures\modifications\
rename v1.9.6 v1.9.7
popd

pushd C:\Files\install_files\modifications\
rename v1.9.6 v1.9.7
popd

the easy and effective way: (untested, might not work/contain errors)

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@echo off
for /D %%f in (C:\files\*) do (
 rename %%f\modifications\v1.9.6 %%f\modifications\v1.9.7
 )
goto :eof

for further reading material you may want to consult:
for /d and a topic on stackoverflow
they might give you some pointers that will help you.

I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.

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#8 29 Mar 2015 23:11
Aacini

Try this:

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@echo off
for /D /R %%a in (C:\Files) do if "%~Na" equ "v1.9.6" ren "%%a" v1.9.7

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#9 30 Mar 2015 08:08
hozza

Aacini wrote:

Try this:

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    @echo off
    for /D /R %%a in (C:\Files) do if "%~Na" equ "v1.9.6" ren "%%a" v1.9.7

I don't get it working only one i get working is that one by one line!
folders that have different names will need a wild card, and it messes that somehow because it is midlle of that structure!

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#10 30 Mar 2015 08:47
foxidrive

Try this modification:

EDIT: I changed if "%%~nxa" to if /i "%%~nxa" to make the compare case insensitive too.

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@echo off
:begin
for /D /R "C:\Files" %%a in ("v1.9.6*") do if /i "%%~nxa"=="v1.9.6" ren "%%~a" "v1.9.7" & goto :begin

It will rename every folder with that name in the tree - not just the fourth level folders.

Last edited by foxidrive (30 Mar 2015 11:20)

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#11 30 Mar 2015 10:16
hozza

foxidrive god damn you are genius!!!! that code was awesome, it's working like a charm!
thank you!!!
problem solved!

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#12 30 Mar 2015 11:21
foxidrive

hozza wrote:

it's working like a charm!
thank you!!!
problem solved!

Beauty.

Note that I made a change to the code above to cater for upper/lower case.