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source: <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/111859/how-to-batch-rename-files-in-windows-4-ways-to-rename-multiple-files/" rel="ugc">http://www.howtogeek.com/111859/how-to-batch-rename-files-in-windows-4-ways-to-rename-multiple-files/</a>
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How are you running this? &nbsp;It is a powersheel command, so you will need to either be typing in the second line into a powershell session, or placing it in a *.PS1 file and then executing it. &nbsp;Please provide info on how you are running it.<br />
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<i><b>~bp</b></i>
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Change your .bat or .cmd file as so.<br />
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Also, Move your powershell line into a separate file named filename.ps1<br />
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<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-41354751-1"><span>powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File   &quot;c:\path\filename.ps1&quot;</span>
<span>pause</span>
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Thanks.<br />
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In a bat file. couple qs:<br />
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1. I prefer not to specify an absolute path, is a relative reference possible?<br />
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2. And is a single file execution possible? eg just a bat file
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I am glad to help, xenium. Have a nice day...
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BTW, in your particular example, if you get a error &quot;Source and destination path must be different.&quot; during the run, change from DIR to this:<br />

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-41355006-1"><span>PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command &quot;&amp; {get-childitem .\* -include *smp3* | Rename-Item -NewName { $_.name -replace 'smp3','smp19'}}&quot;</span>
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Related q, can anyone help? <a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28902101/edit-and-retrieve-file-attribute-info-using-dos-command.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28902101/edit-and-retrieve-file-attribute-info-using-dos-command.html</a><br />
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hi,<br />
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i want to find replace a bunch of filenames, the following bat file doesn't work because the second line isn't processed after the first, how do i fix it?<br />
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powershell<br />
Dir | Rename-Item –NewName { $_.name –replace “smp3“,”smp19” }<br />
pause<br />
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thanks
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hi,

i want to find replace a bunch of filenames, the following bat file doesn't work because the second line isn't processed after the first, how do i fix it?

powershell
Dir | Rename-Item –NewName { $_.name –replace “smp3“,”smp19” }
pause


thanks

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