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Jerry Trac
Jerry Trac

Reputation: 367

Bat file to Change folder names

I have a folder with a bunch of subfolders. How would I wirte a bat file to append 8 random characters to the end of the folder names.

The first step I went through was placing files into the subfolders below, with this code:

for %%i in (PathToWorkingFolder\*) do mkdir "PathToWorkingFolder\%%~ni" & move "%%i" "PathToWorkingFolder\%%~ni"

The folder names are :

FD3_2012-10_Stmt

FD3_2012-10_Tax

FD3_2012-10_Warr

Upvotes: 1

Views: 466

Answers (1)

Aacini
Aacini

Reputation: 67216

The two steps may be achieved in the same FOR:

@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for %%i in (PathToWorkingFolder\*) do (
   rem Get folder name with 8 random digits at end
   digits=000000!random!!random!
   set "folder=%%~Ni!digits:~-8!"
   rem Create the subfolder and move the file
   mkdir "PathToWorkingFolder\!folder!"
   move "%%i" "PathToWorkingFolder\!folder!"
)

Upvotes: 1

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