Rename file to be the same as the folder it is in

12/5/2013

sirbounty

11/21/2013

May depend on the OS, but this is generally not possible.
See the example here, where I create a file, and then immediately try to create a folder by the same name: (this is on Win7)

sirbounty

11/21/2013

Whoops - misread your requirements...

Try this, it should work as a simple batch file.
Remove the ECHO from the code to have it actually make the changes - otherwise, it just displays the command that would be processed...

@echo off
cd /d c:\Downloads
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /ad /b') do call :process "%%a"
goto :eof

:process
set folder=%1
echo Reading %folder%
for /f "delims=" %%f in ('dir %folder% /b') do ECHO ren %folder% "%%f"

sirbounty

11/21/2013

Arg - forgive me...not enough coffee today...this should do what you've asked.
Same deal - remove ECHO once confirmed.

@echo off
for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%a in ('dir /ad /b') do call :process "%%a"
goto :eof

:process
set folder=%1
echo Reading %folder%
for /f "delims=" %%f in ('dir %folder% /b') do ECHO ren "%folder:~1,-1%\%%f" "%folder:~1,-1%"

11/21/2013

ASKER

Thanks so far but not working, not all the way. So far it is reading and renaming the file using the folder name as desired. Great, but the extension, the .pdf or the .doc from the file name is being lost in the renaming. So you end up with a file name without an extension.

11/21/2013

If you just need to do the files in a single folder, no subfolders, then you can do the following at a command line if you CD to the folder first:

for %N in ("%CD%") do ren *.* "%~nN.*"

or you could build a small BAT file as:

@echo off
pushd c:\basedir && (
  for %%N in ("%CD%") do ren *.* "%%~nN.*"
  popd
)

~bp

11/22/2013

ASKER

Unfortunately he downloads from 3 to 10 files each day, each in their own folder. Right now he manually copies the folder's name and then uses that to rename the file, leaving the existing extension as is. I will give [for %N in ("%CD%") do ren *.* "%~nN.*"] a try anyways.

11/22/2013

So are all the folders under one common folder?

Or are they always the same name?

I need a little more to go on if you want a solution that handles all files in one pass.

~bp

11/22/2013

ASKER

for %N in ("%CD%") do ren *.* "%~nN.*"
Does not work, at least not completely because the file names have more than one period (.) it renames the first section before the first period as needed but then leaves the rest of the filename, the characters on the right side of the first period in place.
Example
sample-nova.2011-09-28.xls becomes
Sample Nova.2011-09-28.xls (note the period) when what he wants is for it to become is
Sample Nova 2011-09-28.xls (no period after Nova)

11/22/2013

Here's a small BAT file that renames a specified file in the manner needed. Once I understand where the other folders and files are that also need renaming we can adapt this.

@echo off

call :RenameFile "c:\temp\Sample Nova 2011-09-28\sample-nova.2011-09-28.xls"

exit /b

:RenameFile [file-path]
  if exist "%~1" (
    for %%A in ("%~1") do (
      for %%B in ("%%~dpA.") do (
        ren "%~1" "%%~nB%%~xA"
      )
    )
  )
  exit /b

~bp

11/22/2013

ASKER

All folders are located in C:\Downloaded\Reports--each day when he downloads files with Utorrent--it asks for a location and at that time he gives it the proper name, but only of the folder but he cannot control what the file name ends up being that is controlled by the creators of the reports in another city. Each day he downloads from 3 to 10 reports that he then renames manually.

11/22/2013

So, would the desired script look at EVERY folder contained in " C:\Downloaded\Reports" and rename all files in each of those folders to match their folder name? Or could there be other items in there that would get messed up?

~bp

11/22/2013

ASKER

Yes--the desired would script look at EVERY folder contained in " C:\Downloaded\Reports" and rename all files in each of those folders to match their folder name. There will be only one file most of the time but never two of the same type; never two .doc, never 2 .pdf's, if more than 1 it would be 1 .doc and 1 .pdf.

12/2/2013

ASKER

Any further ideas PLEASE.

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12/4/2013

ASKER

PERFECT--works great thank you so much, thank you. Just one last question if I may -- on my test folders it was lightning fast and on the live folders it was also quite fast but each time I run it it goes through all the folders, is there a way to make it just read the folders created today. If that is easy for you then great if it is difficult then it is not worth your time--just would be nice to if quick to add. Again, thanks so much.

12/4/2013

A couple of questions.

(1) Are there just one level of folders, or are there subfolders within those folders that need to be processed?

(2) Would it suffice to only process the folders that had a create day of "today" exactly? If so that might not be too bad.

~bp

12/4/2013

ASKER

Yes there are just C:\Downloaded\Reports and nothing below "reports", no other folders. And Yes if you can do "today" only that would be perfect--again thanks for all your time on this.

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12/5/2013

ASKER

Thanks for the help--appreciate it.