Re: Rename DOS File

In article <4728CDB0.626E05E0@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Herbert Kleebauer
<klee@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>brettmanning24@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>> On 31 Oct, 18:09, Herbert Kleebauer <k...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> > brettmannin...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>> >
>> > > Is it possible to use the rename command to rename a *.ITF file
with
>> > > the filename of a TXT file in the same directory.  For example
>> > > Directory 1 contains:
>> >
>> > > DEAL1.ITF
>> > > BRETT.TXT
>> > > DEAL1.LOG
>> >
>> > > Is it possible to rename DEAL1.LOG to BRETT.LOG (the same name of
the
>> > > TXT file).  The TXT file will be a different name each time,
therefore
>> > > it needs to be some kind of variable rename i.e. always rename
>> > > the .LOG file to that of the .TXT filename.
>> >
>> > for %%i in (*.txt) do set n=%%~ni
>> > ren *.log %n%.log
[...]
>The above two lines are for a batch file. If you directly enter
>them in the command line you must only use one %:
>
> for %i in (*.txt) do set n=%~ni
> ren *.log %n%.log
>
>And this only works in W2k/XP not in DOS6/Win9x.

Is that just because the wildcard doesn't work in the for ... do?

Cheers, Phred.

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