DOS Batch File (!) - Run across folders, include a 'space', and append filename

[David_Jones]

Hi All,

I have a very small batch file that I have gotten to a certain point, but am not sure how to extend.

The entire batch file is on one line thus (called MyNamer):

FOR %%V IN (%1) DO FOR /F "tokens=1-6 delims=/: " %%J IN ("%%~tV") DO IF EXIST 20%%L%%K%%J-%%M%%N%%O%%~xV (ECHO Cannot rename %%V) ELSE (Rename "%%V" 20%%L%%K%%J-%%M%%N%%O%%~xV)

Credit for this should go to someone from whom I copied the basic structure, but I cannot recall the source - thanks if it was you!

Basically, this renames files matching the passed string (%1) using the format:

YYYYMMDD-HHMM.EXT

where EXT is whatever extension the file already had.

This is fine.

However, I would like to do the following two things (each independent of the other) that I cannot work out:

1) I would like to be able to run this across a folder and all it's sub-folders.

For example, if I have a folder C:\Temp and it contains a subfolder C:\Temp\David then I would like to be able to run the following:

MyNamer C:\Temp\*.*

and have that rename all files in C:\Temp and also the files in C:\Temp\David. Currently is does not cover the subfolders.


2) Change the format from "YYYYMMDD-HHMM.EXT" to "YYYYMMDD - HHMM.EXT". In other words put in a couple of spaces.


I could do this quite easily using VBA, but I would prefer to avoid that route if at all possible, and it does seem that it should be doable in a batch file!

Any help on any of those would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

David.

[David_Jones]

As is so typical, I was given a solution to the 'spaces' issue a few minutes ago, having sat on this for a week!

Basically, you just enclose the spaces in quotes

FOR %%V IN (%1) DO FOR /F "tokens=1-6 delims=/: " %%J IN ("%%~tV") DO IF EXIST 20%%L%%K%%J" "-" "%%M%%N%%O" "-" "%%V (ECHO Cannot rename %%V) ELSE (Rename "%%V" 20%%L%%K%%J" "-" "%%M%%N%%O" "-" "%%V)

So, the only thing I now need is to be able to run it across folders, and their sub-folders automatically.

Any help on that one would be very welcome.

Thanks,

David.