Batch Script Renaming Files

Renaming Files

In Batch Script, you can rename files with the ren or rename command.

Syntax

RENAME [drive:][path][directoryname1 | filename1] [directoryname2 | filename2]

Examples

The following command will rename all text files to files with .bak extension.

rename *.txt *.bak

The following command will rename the file test-a.txt to test-b.txt.

rename "test-a.txt" "test-b.txt"