![]() The number of slashes maps to yyyy-mm-dddd in the file name.Īs an example this will rename a file in posts/ yyyy/ yyyy-mm-dddd-slug/ yyyy-mm-dddd-slug.mdx to posts/ yyyy/ yyyy-mm-dddd-slug/ slug.md. The / drops 1 character from the filename. This is not exactly what we wanted, so let's use another REN command. ~nxA: Expands the value stored in parameter A to a filename and extensionĪs an example this will rename a file in posts/ yyyy/ yyyy-mm-dddd-slug/index.mdx to posts/ yyyy/ yyyy-mm-dddd-slug/ yyyy-mm-dddd-slug.mdx.Line 3: renames the MDX file to the parent directory name.Line 2: Loop through the parent directory for the MDX file.However, sometimes, I may want more control over how to rename specific files. But being on Linux, I think there must be a command line alternative. But in Ubuntu/Nautilus, I cant tab to next file. Line 1: Loops through all the MDX files recursively and set the value to a parameter. One of the ways I quickly rename files in Windows is F2 > Rename > Tab (to next file) > Rename. ![]() You can start using the REN (rename) command to update the filename to the parent directory name. Step 1: Download PowerToys from GitHub using the below link and install it. All said, follow the below instructions to rename multiple files at once using PowerToys. Now, I could do it one by one or find a utility but using a single command is more elegant. It offers batch rename files on Windows 11 using a tool called PowerRename, which is far more capable than the default tool on Windows 11. I wanted to updated this to posts/ yyyy/ yyyy-mm-dddd-slug/slug.md. ![]() At the moment, my batch file consists of only this command: COPY ABC.PDF Documents As you can see, it only copies the file ABC.pdf to the network folder Documents. ![]() As part of the migration from Gatsby to Statiq, I had to rename all the files with the extension mdx to md.įor the posts, the mdx file lived in a directory structure similar to posts/ yyyy/ yyyy-mm-dddd-slug/index.mdx. I need to write a batch file that copies a file to a new folder and renames it. ![]()
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