Copy and rename on one command line

[falcios]

This is a sample script

robocopy "c:\users\test" "d:\test" "sample.txt" /xf desktop.ini /np /tee /ndl /xx
echo.
if exist "d:\test\sample.txt ren “Sample June 2021” Exit 2 ********
echo.


in the command line if exist "d:\test\sample.txt ren "Sample June 2021" Exit2
I want to copy and rename at the same time and it's not working

Can the copy and rename be on one command line, if so, how do I go about doing that?

Thanks in advance.

[rasil]

You can combine 2 commands together with a &

for example

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echo hello&pause>nul

[falcios]

Thanks Rasil for your reply.

How would I combine the 2 commands together on one line.

if exist "d:\test\sample.txt ren “Sample June 2021”

I can't figure out how to make it work using your example.

Can you help?

[aGerman]

How would REN know what file you want to rename?

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if exist "d:\test\sample.txt" ren "d:\test\sample.txt" "Sample June 2021.txt"

Also, take care that you don't miss quotes (should usually be an even number in a line) and that you use the right quotation marks ("" rather than “”).

Steffen

[falcios]

Thanks to aGerman, Rasil, It worked. You're gurus.