Chapter 6 /
Command
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RENAME
REN[AME]
pathname
filename
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Changes
the
name of the file specified by pathname to filename.
Parameters
pathname
is
the
file to be renamed.
filename is
the
new name
for
the
file.
Notes
and
Suggestions
• If you include a wild card
in
the filename, MS-DOS leaves
the
corresponding characters as they were. For example,
if
you
type
the
following:
ren
newfile
old????
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MS-DOS replaces
the
? wild cards
with
the characters
that
occupied
the
same position
in
the original name. Newfile is
changed to .oldfile.
• If you also include a wild card in the pathname, MS-DOS
renames all files
in
the specified directory
that
match
the
pathname. For example,
if
you type
the
following:
RENAME
*.19t
*.prn
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ENTER
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MS-DOS changes only the extension of all .lst files
that
are
in
the
current
directory. The new extension is .prn. The file Sue-
file.lst,
for
example, becomes Suefile.prn.
Examples
r
en
b:
\ u9 e r \ 9 11 . da t 912 . da t I
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changes
the
name of
the
Gll.dat
file
that
is
in
B:
\ USER to
g12.dat.
ren
b:mufile
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ENTER
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changes
the
name of Mufile, a file
in
the
current directory
in
Drive B, to Myfile.
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