Batch file to remove character in file name

The exclamation mark will make this fairly difficult if not impossible in DOS BAT.  I'd suggest just using a GUI utility like one of these.

http://www.den4b.com/?x=products&product=renamer

http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Main_Intro.php

~bp

This should do the trick:

for %a in (*) do @for /F "tokens=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9* delims=#! " %i in ("%a") do ren "%a" "%i%j%k%l%m%n%o%p%q%r"

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Add another "echo" to see what it will do without actually executing the renames:

c:\temp\foo>for %a in (*) do @for /F "tokens=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9* delims=#! " %i in ("%a") do @echo ren "%a" "%i%j%k%l%m%n%o%p%q%r"
ren "a!b" "ab"
ren "a!b .txt" "ab.txt"
ren "e!f#g h.txt" "efgh.txt"

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Wow, awsome

I can't see this working in DOS nor CMD... Unless of course, powershell does what DOS does not...

As billprew says, the exclamation mark is a problem...

Here's a quick test:

   COPY NUL "file!! ##.jpg"

Sure, you can see the file with a DIR command... You can also rename the file ie,

   REN "file!! ##.jpg" file.jpg

What you can't do though is this:

   FOR %%a IN (*.jpg) DO ECHO %%a

It will show %%a as:

   file ##.jpg

instead of:

   file!! ##.jpg

Please confirm if this is not the case.

Works for me.  Did you even try it?  What makes you think the exclamation point is special?

c:\temp\foo>echo foo >a!b.jpg

c:\temp\foo>for %a in (*.jpg) do echo %a

c:\temp\foo>echo a!b.jpg
a!b.jpg

c:\temp\foo>

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worked fine for me in win7 cmd