With for /d all directories will be listed in the loop, and their source names will be in %~nxi, which can be used in the ren command syntax.įor target name, use !_dir:*- =!, it will remove everything ( *) that comes before -, and already defining the destination name by expanding in same line the !_dir! variable without unwanted characters using cmd.exe /v:on /cįor what you have been trying, a use of for /d loop and substring set in ren syntaxes would be resolved by: for /d %i in (*)do cmd.exe /v:on /c 'set '_dir=%~nxi' & move '%~nxi' '!_dir:*- =!'' You can do this using a for /d loop and set to remove everything that comes before (and together) the *-: Return the whole folder name use %%I or %%~nxI Name like 'Sample 2.6.4' the output of %%~nI will be truncated to 'Sample 2.6' to Parameter expansion will treat a Full Stop as a file extension, so for a directory.

Of a directory name and this can cause issues with FOR /D. With a '.' ( period/full stop) it is possible to include a Full Stop in the middle Obs.: About using %%~x in directory name observation note in :Īlthough Win32 will not recognise any file or directory name that begins or ends %~pnxI - expands %I to a path, file name and extension only %~pnI - expands %I to a path and file name only The modifiers can be combined to get compound results:.%~xI - expands %I to a file extension only Use the FOR variable syntax replacement:.%%~nxi => expands %%~i to a file/dir name and extension %~xi - expands %i to a file/dir extension only %~ni - expands %i to a file/dir name only %~i - expands %i removing any surrounding quotes (') %~fi - expands %i to a fully qualified path file/dir name only

Using a Forloop you can expand your variable:.

What can and will help in many commands would be to familiarizing yourself with:

Cmd rename multiple files