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I have around 3,000 files that I want to rename. 
 
 
Ideally i'd like to parse two txt files. 
 
startname.txt and newname.txt 
 
 
 

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ren &nbsp;my_start_file_name_1234.jpg &nbsp;my_new_file_name.jpg 
 
was what i was after.
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Maybe a tad shorter/easier code in vbscript...filerename.vbs 
Presumably your files will in the format c:\pathtofile\oldfilename.xxx c:\pathtofile\newfilename.xxx? 
 
If not, a few more examples should solidify things... 

<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-274767">Dim objFSO : Set objFSO = CreateObject(&quot;Scripting.FileSystemObject&quot;)
strStartFile = &quot;C:\StartName.txt&quot;
strNewFile = &quot;C:\NewName.txt&quot;
 
Dim objFile1 : Set objFile1 = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strStartFile)
Dim objFile2 : Set objFile2 = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strNewFile)
 
Do While Not objFile1.AtEndOfStream
 strOld = objFile1.ReadLine
 strNew = objFile2.ReadLine
 If objFSO.FileExists (strOld) Then objFSO.MoveFile strOld, strNew
Loop
 
objFile1.Close
objFile2.Close
 
wscript.quit
</code></pre>
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Ok great. 
Glad it worked for you.
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Hi All, 
 
I have a folder full of jpg's that I need to rename. 
 
What is the batch script syntax to find a file (by name) and rename it? 
 
e.g. 
 
rename &nbsp;my_start_file_name_1234.jpg &nbsp;my_new_file_name.jpg 
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Hi All,

I have a folder full of jpg's that I need to rename.

What is the batch script syntax to find a file (by name) and rename it?

e.g.

rename  my_start_file_name_1234.jpg  my_new_file_name.jpg 

Batch Script:  Rename Files

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Windows Batch

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Shell Scripting

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