If I have multiple files in a directory and want to append something to their filenames, but not to the extension, how would I do this?
I have tried the following, with test files file1.txt
and file2.txt
:
ren *.txt *1.1.txt
This renames the files to file1.1.txt
and file2.txt1.1.txt
I want the files to be file1 1.1.txt
and file2 1.1.txt
Will this be possible from cmd or do I need to have a bat file to do this? What about PowerShell?
Make sure that there are more ?
than there are characters in the longest name:
ren *.txt "???????????????????????????? 1.1.txt"
See How does the Windows RENAME command interpret wildcards? for more info.
New Solution - 2014/12/01
For those who like regular expressions, there is JREN.BAT - a hybrid JScript/batch command line utility that will run on any version of Windows from XP forward.
jren "^.*(?=\.)" "$& 1.1" /fm "*.txt"
or
jren "^(.*)(\.txt)$" "$1 1.1$2" /i