# Rename all files in a folder

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-all-files-in-a-folder/565887>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 30, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-all-files-in-a-folder/565887 "2010-12-30T23:17:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-all-files-in-a-folder/565887/21 "2011-01-01T23:27:24Z")

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> [@qazwart](#):
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> I bow down to your superior geekitude. It is an amazing piece of batch code.

Amazing in the fact that you have to run in circles to make it work, maybe. 😃

The only thing I caught that you didn’t was the use of the subst command. The rest was just reading [this website](http://www.robvanderwoude.com/batchcommands.php) and trial and error.

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