Renames a file/directory or files/directories.
RENAME
[drive:][path][directoryname1 | filename1] [directoryname2 | filename2]
REN [drive:][path][directoryname1 | filename1] [directoryname2 |
filename2]
Note that you cannot specify a new drive or path for your destination.
Rename the directory chope to hope.
rename c:\chope hope
Rename all text files to files with .bak extension.
rename *.txt *.bak
Rename all files to begin with 1_. The asterisk (*) in this example is an example of a wild character because nothing was placed before or after the first asterisk this means all files.
rename * 1_*
| APPEND | ARP | ASSOC | AT | ATTRIB | BREAK | CACLS | CALL | CD |
| CHCP | CHDIR | CHKDSK | CHKNTFS | CLS | CMD | COLOR | COMMAND | COMP |
| COMPACT | CONTROL | CONVERT | COPY | DATE | DEBUG | DEL | DELTREE | DIR 2 |
| DIR ... | DISKCOMP | DISKCOPY | DOSKEY | ECHO | EDIT | EDLIN | ERASE | EXIT |
| EXPAND | FC | FDISK | FIND | FOR | FORMAT | FTP | GRAFTABL | HELP |
| IPCONFIG | LABEL | LOADFIX | MD | MEM | MKDIR | MODE | MORE | MOVE |
| MSCDEX | NBTSTAT | NET | NETSTAT | NLSFUNC | NSLOOKUP | PATH | PATHPING | PAUSE |
| PING | PROMPT | RD | REN | RENAME | RMDIR | ROUTE | SET | |
| SETVER | SHARE | SHUTDOWN | SORT | SUBST | TIME | TREE | TYPE | UNLOCK |
| VER | VERIFY | VOL | XCOPY |
