The task is to rename five random files to renamed1.ren, renamed2.ren, ..., renamed5.ren using the command line. Here is what I've come to:
set i=1
for /f "tokens=*" %f in ('dir /b') do (
ren %f renamed%i%.ren
set /a i+=1)
I expected i to be incremented in every iteration, but that didn't work. What can I change?
Here is a one liner that does not require delayed expansion.
From the command line:
for /f "tokens=1* delims=:" %A in ('dir /b^|findstr /n "^"') do @ren "%B" "renamed%A.ren"
Within a batch script
@echo off
for /f "tokens=1* delims=:" %%A in ('dir /b^|findstr /n "^"') do ren "%%B" "renamed%%A.ren"