rename a folder

[Mohammad_Dos]

i want to rename a folder. the batch file must replace X with a random number(from 1 to 100). and when i run it again , the name change with another number

folderX ----> folder22 ----> folder68

[Squashman]

Can I see the code you tried to use?

[Mohammad_Dos]

i dont have any idea. in fact, this is not my question. somebody else asked this. can anyone help?

[!k]

Code: Select all

set name=folder

set /a next=%random% %% 100
move %name%* %name%%next%

[foxidrive]

Does only one folder exist in the directory? Or should the batch file keep track of the name of the folder?

[Squashman]

Does only one folder exist in the directory? Or should the batch file keep track of the name of the folder?

I was kind of thinking the same thing.
But regardless of that it seems like you would need extra logic for the first time the script runs just so that is Changes the X at the end of the folder name to a number the first time. After that you would always be changing an undefined number size at the end of the folder name. Could be Folder100, Folder99 or Folder1. Which again shouldn't be that big of a deal either. You can just use string substitution to get rid of all the numbers at the end of the name. But then we also would not know if the folder name has any other numbers in it that need to be kept.
What if the original Folder name was one of these combinations
Folder12X
Folder2X
Folder123ABCX

This is one of my biggest gripes with writing scripts for people. Never knowing what their input to the script really is. Always hard to take into account all possibilities they will throw at it.

[foxidrive]

This is one of my biggest gripes with writing scripts for people. Never knowing what their input to the script really is.

Usually, I'll either ask for some info if it is too ambiguous or write something to exercise the grey matter, if it seems reasonable.


From experience in other groups, often the OP doesn't reply so you never find out if it worked or not anyway.