Shorten file names with REN

[findstr]

Hello!
I have files in a folder:
Listing-01-01.txt
Listing-01-02.txt
Listing-02-01.txt
Listing-02-02.txt
Listing-02-03.txt
Listing-03-01.txt
50 more similar files.
I need to rename them to be:
L01-01.txt
L01-02.txt
L02-01.txt
L02-02.txt
L02-03.txt
L03-01.txt
and do the same for all the other 50 files in the folder.
How can I do it with REN command?
Thanks!

[aGerman]

Tokenize the file names in a FOR /F loop.

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pushd "C:\your\folder"
for /f "tokens=1* delims=-" %%i in ('dir /a-d /b "Listing-*.txt"') do ren "%%i-%%j" "L%%j"
popd

Steffen

[findstr]

Thanks!