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  • Batch file challenge: Is this possible? (or can it only be done with assembly language)
      • Solitaire (Login Solitaire1)
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      Posted May 2, 2004 1:38 PM

      Suppose you want to rename a bunch of files beginning with:

      WXYZ111, WXYZ112, WXYZ113, etc.

      to:

      ABCDE111, ABCDE112, ABCDE113, etc.


      Notice the new file names have an extra character before the numbers, so if you try to do this:

      REN WXYZ* ABCDE*

      it will overwrite the first number and result in:

      ABCDE11, ABCDE12, ABCDE13, etc.


      There are commercial programs available that will do it correctly. Maybe it can only be done with assembly language, but I was wondering if it can be done with a batch file.
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