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From a command prompt:<br />
<i>ren prefix*.txt postfix*.txt</i> (if they are .txt files)
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From a command prompt:
ren prefix*.txt postfix*.txt (if they are .txt files)

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Just out of curiosity, the rename didn't work (for you)?
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Just out of curiosity, the rename didn't work (for you)?

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Ernie Beek, I saw your comments on .sas files after I gave the points. how can I reward you as well?
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Ernie Beek, I saw your comments on .sas files after I gave the points. how can I reward you as well?

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Well, if you really want to (and I don't mind ;) use the button 'request attention' to ask for a moderator to reopen the question or reassign the points.<br />
Once closed, you can't change that yourself.
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Well, if you really want to (and I don't mind ;) use the button 'request attention' to ask for a moderator to reopen the question or reassign the points.
Once closed, you can't change that yourself.

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Well, thank you very much :)
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hello<br />
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I have one folder with many files that have the same prefix. I would need to change the prefix to something else and I was wondering if there is any easy automated way to do it.<br />
thank you in advance
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hello

I have one folder with many files that have the same prefix. I would need to change the prefix to something else and I was wondering if there is any easy automated way to do it.
thank you in advance

change prefix in multiple files in one folder

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