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Thanks for the reply and explanation - all working nowq

Hi Within my .bat file I want to get the name of the only file in a folder (I am guaranteed that there will only ever be 1 file) I have tried this set fn="a" for /r %%i in (*) do set %fn% = %%~nxi but fn is not set as expected First question: why not and how can I fix Second question : this seems a ...

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Thanks - this is what I was looking for

Ok let me clarify
Given a file name of

Encoder_TestHarnessLog_19_12_13-113027.xml

I want to generate a filename of

Test1_19_12_13-113027.xml

Where Test1 can be any string (ultimately a command line argument to a batch script

I hope this is clearer

HI thanks
you are correct
I need to retain the date stamp ant the on the end of the original and include it it the second

Hi
I have a file named Encoder_TestHarnessLog_19_12_13-083023.xml that I want to rename Test1_19_12_13-083023.xml from within a batch file
but cant see to Achieve this with the rename command.
Please can someone suggest a way of doing this?