Move the files of c:\windows\temp to the temp directory in root, this is of course assuming you have the Windows\temp directory. Move examples move c:\windows\temp\*.* c:\temp The default protocol is to prompt on overwrites unless MOVE command is being executed from within a batch script. This switch may be overridden with /-Y on the command line. The switch /Y may be present in the COPYCMD environment variable. Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an existing destination file.Ĭauses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an existing destination file. Specifies the directory you want to rename. If you are moving only one file, you can also specify a destination file name, if you want the moved file to be renamed. The destination can consist of a drive letter and colon, a directory name, or a combination. Specifies the location and name of the file or files you want to move. To rename a directory: MOVE dirname1 dirname2 file name1 To move one or more files: MOVE file name1 destination Moves files and renames files and directories. When move was first introduced with MS-DOS 6.0, it was an external command that used the move.exe file up to MS-DOS 6.22. So be very careful when you are going to apply this script to directories containing packages.Today, move is an internal command that is available in the following Microsoft operating systems. * Note that the above will ignore files starting with period and will not rename directories, which include packages, but will rename files in packages. The resulting workflow will look like this: ĬASE 5 - The same as Cases 3 and 4 but each subfolder having sub-subfolders (down at least 6 levels), but can go to any depth needed. ĬASE 4 - Parent folder - AFileToRename files include Text_1.txt, Text_2.txt, Text_3.txt and Subfolder01 with files Sub_1.txt, Sub_2.txt, Sub_3.txt. ĬASE 3 - Parent folder - AFileTo_Rename files include Text_1.txt, Text_2.txt, Text_3.txt and Subfolder_01 with files Sub_1.txt, Sub_2.txt, Sub_3.txt. ĬASE 2 - Parent folder - AFileToRename files include Text_1.txt, Text_2.txt and Text_3.txt. if any contents are subfolders, Even if the parent folder doesn't need to be renamed, rename all ITS contents, etc, ie: continue to do the same for all subfolders/files and sub-sub and sub-sub-sub etc folders and files, all the way down as far as is needed.ĬASE 1 - Parent folder - AFileTo_Rename files include Text_1.txt, Text_2.txt and Text_3.txt. if the item is a folder, Even if the parent folder doesn't need to be renamed, rename all file names of contents within the folder to replace underscores with spaces, thenģ. check an item's filename and rename it - if needed - to replace underscores with spaces, thenĢ. So - I guess I need an Applescript that will - recursively:ġ.
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It recurses one level then stops recursing.
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I could even get automator to rename folder contents to replace underscores with spaces.īut I could only get it to do 1 level of recursion - it renames the subfolders and files but then doesn't touch the grandchildren etc. I want to replace all underscores with spaces in the filenames and I found an Automator way to do that.