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by kerket
22 May 2015 04:48
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: DOS batch for renaming files (sort of complicated)
Replies: 6
Views: 4104

Re: DOS batch for renaming files (sort of complicated)

ShadowThief wrote:Did you remember to remove the echo from the ren line?



Nope. Forgot that part.

Works fine now.

I know it took me longer to get this working then it would have if I just did it manually..but this adds to my knowledge-base for the future. Thaks.
by kerket
19 May 2015 17:38
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: DOS batch for renaming files (sort of complicated)
Replies: 6
Views: 4104

Re: DOS batch for renaming files (sort of complicated)

I tried it. And based on what is coming up in the window, it seems like it SHOULD work. I don't get any error messages or anything. But for whatever reason the filenames aren't changed. Even stranger, if I open a Command Prompt window and manually type the exact same thing that comes up with the scr...
by kerket
18 May 2015 05:26
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: DOS batch for renaming files (sort of complicated)
Replies: 6
Views: 4104

Re: DOS batch for renaming files (sort of complicated)

Well...all the KML files are in the same folder, which is the subfolder to the one that the others are in. But that can easily be changed if I had to. But right now, for example, there is a folder called, say 2014 that includes the .NAV, KMZ and GPX file for each ride..all named with the date and ro...
by kerket
18 May 2015 03:50
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: DOS batch for renaming files (sort of complicated)
Replies: 6
Views: 4104

DOS batch for renaming files (sort of complicated)

I have a folder filled with files taken from a GPS logger for bike rides. My logger outputs to files with extension .nav. The software also can convert it to KMZ files. And then I also use GPSBabel to convert the .nav to GPX so it can be read by various cycling sites. My usual file naming method is ...
by kerket
11 May 2015 02:41
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: how to change file extension
Replies: 1
Views: 2060

how to change file extension

With some help, I wrote a script to convert a set of GPS data using GPSBabel from its .nav file (which is really just a comma delimited file) to a GPX file that can be read by various cycling websites. After converting, it names the new GPX file after the existing .nav file. The problem is, when it ...