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Renaming all files (38gb :) in a folder and subfolders with one command?

Hi experts

I need to rename all files in folders/subfolders in the following way:

every space should be removed from its name.

there are names like:

gastro de manuel solis.bmp
2020 examen de videoscopia rectal.bmp

etc.

thanks.

There are about 500000 of thes files.

Bye.

TommySzalapski

I would just download Oscar's Renamer and do a find/replace and replace a space with nothing.
http://www.mediachance.com/free/renamer.htm

TommySzalapski

It's a really useful tool. Even supports recording macros.

aguisa

ASKER

Other way of doing this and not compromising my PC with any installed software?

Bill Prew

Do you need to do this in MSDOS, or Linux?

~bp

aguisa

ASKER

I mean something like:

ren | more | dir /s |. .....

or in linux maybe

thanks.

bz43

What is the OS that the files are on? Then we can create a command line tool for you. If it's MS-DOS then which version. If it's Windows 7 but you want to use the command line let us know. Thanks!

aguisa

ASKER

I have Windows XP Media Center SP3, and UBUNTU 10.10

Either the first or the second would be fine,

both would be greatly appreciated, just for the records and by the way,

thanks.

aguisa

ASKER

The harddrive with the files is external USB

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Bill Prew

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aguisa

ASKER

No bp, i get the following :

The system cannot find the file specified.
A duplicate file name exists, or the file
cannot be found.
A duplicate file name exists, or the file
cannot be found.
A duplicate file name exists, or the file
cannot be found.
A duplicate file name exists, or the file
cannot be found.
A duplicate file name exists, or the file
cannot be found.
A duplicate file name exists, or the file
cannot be found.
A duplicate file name exists, or the file
cannot be found.
A duplicate file name exists, or the file
cannot be found.
A duplicate file name exists, or the file
cannot be found.
A duplicate file name exists, or the file
cannot be found.
A duplicate file name exists, or the file
cannot be found.
A duplicate file name exists, or the file
cannot be found.
A duplicate file name exists, or the file
cannot be found.
A duplicate file name exists, or the file
cannot be found.
A duplicate file name exists, or the file
cannot be found.
A duplicate file name exists, or the file
cannot be found.
A duplicate file name exists, or the file
cannot be found.
A duplicate file name exists, or the file
cannot be found.
A duplicate file name exists, or the file
cannot be found.
A duplicate file name exists, or the file
cannot be found.
A duplicate file name exists, or the file
cannot be found.
A duplicate file name exists, or the file
cannot be found.
^CTerminate batch job (Y/N)?

aguisa

ASKER

wait....

it worked like magic, and actually in 5 seconds,

the error was for the non containing blanks case.

BP is a genius undoubtedly. Thanks alot

aguisa

ASKER

Usability of this Bat function is really amazing. Thanks thanks

Bill Prew

Great, glad that was helpful. If you wanted to only rename when the filename changed, this change would handle that.

~bp

@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set BaseDir=c:\temp
for /F "tokens=*" %%A in ('dir /a-d /s/b "%BaseDir%"') do (
  set OldName=%%~nA
  set NewName=!OldName: =!
  if "!OldName!" NEQ "!NewName!" ren "%%A" "!NewName!%%~xA"
)

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