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Rename folders with name of parent directory

Zones: VB Script, Python Scripting Language, Windows Batch Scripting

Hello,
I asked this question previously (http://www.experts-exchange.com/Q_23112459.html) But now instead of two digits after the name I have three (what part of the code is saying "two" and how do I change it to "three") I am open to other scripts too.

I would like a script to rename folders within a directory to have the same name as the directory plus the last "_"& the three digits from the folder to be renamed. i.e. C:\Test\trial123 will become C:\Test\Test_123

I am trying to use the script I pasted below but it won't work and I plum do not know what I am doing. I would appreciate annotated code so that I might begin to discover how these things work.

Thanks,
MJ

         
           
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             @echo off
 
setlocal 
 
REM The folder containing A, B, C, etc.
set root=c:\temp\temp\test
 
pushd "%root%" 
 
for /F "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir /A:D /B 2^>NUL') do (
  pushd "%%a"
  for /F "tokens=*" %%b in ('dir /A:D /B 2^>NUL') do call :PROCESS "%%b" "%%a"
  popd
)
 
popd
 
pause
 
goto :EOF
 
:PROCESS
 
set workDir=%~1
set seq=
 
:NEXTCHAR
 
if "%workDir%"=="" echo Error parsing %~0&goto :EOF
 
if /i "%workDir:~-1,1%" LSS "0" goto STOP
if /i "%workDir:~-1,1%" GTR "9" goto STOP
 
set seq=%workDir:~-1,1%%seq%
set workDir=%workDir:~0,-1%
 
goto NEXTCHAR
 
:STOP
 
if /i 1%seq% LEQ 20 set seq=0%seq%
 
set workDir=%~2_%seq%
 
if "%workDir%"=="%~1" goto :EOF
if exist "%workDir%" echo Can not rename %~1 to %workDir%. The directory already exists&goto :EOF
 
ren "%~1" "%workDir%"
 
goto :EOF

           
         

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Zone: Programming

Question Asked By: mgjust

Solution Provided By: sungenwang

Participating Experts: 1

Solution Grade: A

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03.27.2008 at 01:31PM PDT, ID: 21225453

Rank: Master

sungenwang:

Since you do not oppose other scripts, why don't you try vbscript. I have attached the script for the solution you need.

This is how you can run it as vbscript if you are not familiar with it:
- Copy the code below and paste into a text editor (e.g. Notepad)
- Make sure you update the path on the first line ("C:\temp") to your correct path
- Do a File, Save As and make sure the extension is "vbs" (e.g. "test.vbs")
- To run it, just double click on the file.

I've made it so that you can change the number of digits after the file name. If you need 5 digits, just change line 2 from 3 to 5.

sew

         
           
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             strRootFolder = "c:\temp"
intNumberOfDigits = 3		' You can change this number
 
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(strRootFolder)
 
For Each objFolder In objFolder.SubFolders
	Set objParentFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(objFolder.ParentFolder)
	
	For i = Len(objFolder.Name) To 1 Step -1
		If Not IsNumeric(Mid(objFolder.Name, i)) Then
			Exit For
		End If
	Next
	
	' These lines will get the folder number and pad with "0"
	strNumber = int(Mid(objFolder.Name, i+1))
	strNumber = Space(intNumberOfDigits-Len(strNumber)) & strNumber
	strNumber = Replace(strNumber, " ", "0")
 
	strCurFolderName = objFolder.ParentFolder & "\" & objFolder.Name
	strNewFolderName = objFolder.ParentFolder & "\" & objParentFolder.Name & "_" & strNumber
	
	' The actual "moving" of the folder to new name
	objFSO.MoveFolder strCurFolderName, strNewFolderName
Next
 
msgbox "done"
           
         

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