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Posted: **14 Apr 2009 02:25**

Hi All,
Been looking around still unable to figure out how to do this.
How do I rename a file based on the contents of the file, Example File1.txt contains this value 'ABC123,07072006,BCA,128-99' the file need to be rename based on the first 6 characters of the value ie ABC123.txt.

Thanks in advance.

Posted: **15 Apr 2009 10:03**

Something like this (untested):

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for /f %%a in (file.txt) do (
   set fname=%%a
   goto :process
)

:process
ren file.txt %fname:~0,6%

Posted: **16 Apr 2009 00:33**

Thank you sir, its work great.

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Rename File Name based on the contents of the file

Rename File Name based on the contents of the file