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In news:48A1A635-D2CC-4683-8D20-053CAA5DB1B2@microsoft.com,
Jim <Jim@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> Ken,
>
> Thank you, that indeed got me (mostly) what I needed.
You're welcome, Jim.
> However with
> the ren command, it appears I am stuck when file names have
> imbedded
> blanks. The first characters can be changed and concatonated
> with
> later words, but I don't see a way to reintroduce a blank.
Enclose the file name in quotation marks.
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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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> If there is, please let me know. Even so, this alternative is
> still
> better than what I knew before.
>
> "Ken Blake" wrote:
>
>> In news:226E0BF8-B635-41AC-87A9-2FE8365AA027@microsoft.com,
>> Jim <Jim@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>>
>> > In the "good old days of DOS" it was easy to modify a number
>> > of
>> > file
>> > names at the same time, for example, changing all files
>> > starting with
>> > "xyz" to start with "abc".
>> >
>> > Is there any method under XP, other than one file at a time,
>> > to
>> > do
>> > this?
>>
>>
>> Most DOS commands work under Windows XP just as they used to.
>> Go
>> to a command prompt windows (Start | Run | CMD) and do it the
>> way
>> you used to.
>>
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>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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