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Reputation: 225

Changing file name with its directory name in a batch file

I am trying to recursively change some file names according to their directory name but I am failed. Here is what I have done so far:

for /r %1 %%Z in (*.c) do (
    echo ====
    rem Change to the directory of .c file
    echo cd /d "%%~dpZ"
    cd /d "%%~dpZ"
    rem Change the file's name with its directory name with .c extension        
    ren %%~nxZ %cd%.c
)

And here is the directory structure:

SubDir
    renamer.bat
    sub1
         file1.c
    sub2
         file2.c
   so on
         so forth

All the other posts say that using %cd% returns the current directory's name, however it returns something like that: c:\users\myusername\desktop\SubDir,means it returns the batch file's directory name. However, as you can see, I use cd command in the batch file, so I want it to returns only sub1, sub2, etc... Thus, I can able to change the file names into their directory's name:

ren file1.c sub1.c

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: Answer

setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for /r %1 %%Z in (*.c) do (
    echo ====
    rem Change to the directory of .c file
    echo cd /d "%%~dpZ"
    cd /d "%%~dpZ"
    rem Change the file's name with its directory name with .c extension  
    FOR /f "delims=" %%a IN ("%%~dpZ\.") DO (ren %%~nxZ %%~nxa.c)
)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 193

Answers (2)

Magoo
Magoo

Reputation: 79983

 FOR /f "delims=" %%a IN ("%%~dpZ\.") DO ECHO(ren %%~nxZ %%~nxa-%%~nxZ

to echo the new name....

Upvotes: 2

Dennis van Gils
Dennis van Gils

Reputation: 3452

You should use delayed expansion in this case. You should use this:

setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for /r %1 %%Z in (*.c) do (
    echo ====
    rem Change to the directory of .c file
    echo cd /d "%%~dpZ"
    cd /d "%%~dpZ"
    rem Change the file's name with its directory name with .c extension  
    for /f "delims=" %%A in ("!CD!") do ren "%%~nxZ" "%%~nxA.c"
)

For more information about delayed expansion, see this

Upvotes: 0

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