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I already found some solution for renaming files. Some did not really work, some only added a suffix after the file ending like

@echo off
Setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

For %%a in (*.*) Do (
Ren "%%a" "%%a Tenor 1"
)

Pause&Exit

My problem: I have several filetypes in a folder like:

song1.mp3
song2.mp3
Text1.txt
Text2.txt
Document1.pdf
Document2.pdf
Add_Tenor_1.bat
Add_Tenor_2.bat
ReplaceBlankwithUnderline.bat

and so on. Now i want to add for example to all files except for the batch files a suffix like "* Tenor 1".

song1 Tenor 1.mp3
song2 Tenor 1.mp3
Text1 Tenor 1.txt
Text2 Tenor 1.txt
Document1 Tenor 1.pdf
Document2 Tenor 1.pdf
Add_Tenor_1.bat
Add_Tenor_2.bat
ReplaceBlankwithUnderline.bat

Is it possible to use *.* in a for condition with an exception (for .bat) ? How would the code for the batch file look like?

Another thing is to add the suffix only for .txt and .pdf files for example. Does this work in one routine or do i need one for .txt and one for .pdf?

song1.mp3
song2.mp3
Text1 Tenor 1.txt
Text2 Tenor 1.txt
Document1 Tenor 1.pdf
Document2 Tenor 1.pdf
Add_Tenor_1.bat
Add_Tenor_2.bat
ReplaceBlankwithUnderline.bat

And how would the code for this batch file look like?

Thank you a lot!

And i know there are Programms like Renamer. But as i always want to ad the same (not at the same time) it is quicker to press just the batch instead of opening choosing and renameing it with a porgramm :)

regards chrisdi91

chrisdi91
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  • See `Help for` You don't want to append the suffix to the extension but insert before. Your Ren command should look like `Echo Ren "%%a" "%%~na Tenor 1%%~xa"` The echo is for safety, when the output seems ok remove the echo. –  Nov 05 '16 at 15:40
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    You can specify multiple file pattern in `for`, like this: `for %%F in (*.txt *.pdf) do ren "%%~F" "%%~nF Tenor 1%%~xF"`... – aschipfl Nov 05 '16 at 15:42

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For %%a in (*.*) Do IF /i "%%~xa" neq ".bat" (

Meaning "if the eXtension part of the filename (~%%xa) is NEQ (not equal to) '.bat' (/i means case-insensitive comparison)"

See for /? |more from the prompt for documentation.

BTW - "wanna" is not a word.

Magoo
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I'll post my batch just to show the exclusion and inclusion ways in one batch just to demonstrate.

@echo off
Setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
Set "Exclude=.bat$ .cmd$ .exe$ .vbs$ " 
Set "Include=*.txt *.pdf"

For /f "Delims=" %%a in (
  'Dir /B %Include% ^| findstr /i /V "%Exclude%" '
  ) Do Echo Ren "%%a" "%%~na Tenor 1%%~xa"

Pause
Goto :Eof


Ren "Document1.pdf" "Document1 Tenor 1.pdf"
Ren "Document2.pdf" "Document2 Tenor 1.pdf"
Ren "Text1.txt" "Text1 Tenor 1.txt"
Ren "Text2.txt" "Text2 Tenor 1.txt"
Ren "vm_fire.txt" "vm_fire Tenor 1.txt"
Ren "vm_idle.txt" "vm_idle Tenor 1.txt"