{"id":1497,"date":"2016-02-26T19:57:54","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T17:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kavdesign.net\/blog\/?p=1497"},"modified":"2016-05-17T10:40:23","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T08:40:23","slug":"how-to-remove-text-from-file-name-for-multiple-files-on-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kavdesign.net\/blog\/other\/how-to-remove-text-from-file-name-for-multiple-files-on-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"How to remove text from file name for multiple files on Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Windows, you can take advantage of PowerShell:<\/p>\n

dir <\/span>|<\/span> rename<\/span>-<\/span>item <\/span>\u2013<\/span>newname <\/span>{<\/span> $_<\/span>.<\/span>name <\/span>\u2013<\/span>ireplace <\/span>'(.+?) 203\\.bmp$'<\/span>,<\/span>'$1.bmp'<\/span> }<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n
In this code snippet we use a command that removes ‘203’ from the file name.<\/p>\n
Description<\/h3>\n
dir          <\/span>=><\/span> list the content of the current directory\r\n <\/span>|<\/span>           =><\/span> send each found element to the <\/span>next<\/span> command\r\nrename<\/span>-<\/span>item  <\/span>=><\/span> rename an element <\/span>in<\/span> a <\/span>Windows<\/span> PowerShell<\/span> provider namespaceject\r\n<\/span>\u2013<\/span>newname     <\/span>=><\/span> specify the name of the renamed file\r\n<\/span>{<\/span>\r\n    $_               <\/span>=><\/span> points to an <\/span>object<\/span> representing the actual file\r\n   <\/span>.<\/span>name             <\/span>=><\/span> the name <\/span>property<\/span> of the automatic variable\r\n   <\/span>-<\/span>ireplace         <\/span>=><\/span> perform a insensitive replace\r\n   <\/span>'(.+?) 203\\.bmp$'<\/span> =><\/span> here comes the regex <\/span>for<\/span> matching the desired files\r\n   <\/span>'$1.bmp'<\/span>          =><\/span> the replacement <\/span>string<\/span>\r\n}<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n
You must run this command inside a power shell. Here is how to start it:<\/p>\n
\"how<\/p>\n
Then cd<\/code> into you dir from the Powershell window:<\/p>\n
\"Change<\/p>\n
More on http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/21837836\/how-to-rename-multiple-files-at-once-by-removing-a-varying-part-in-the-file-name<\/p>\n
Also – http:\/\/superuser.com\/questions\/236820\/how-do-i-remove-the-same-part-of-a-file-name-for-many-files-in-windows-7\/871799<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On Windows, you can take advantage of PowerShell: dir | rename-item \u2013newname { $_.name \u2013ireplace ‘(.+?) 203\\.bmp$’,’$1.bmp’ } In this code snippet we use a…<\/p>\n
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