From: Zaidy036@air.isp.spam   
      
   On 10/10/2020 7:25 AM, Terry Pinnell wrote:   
   > "Kerr-Mudd,John"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Sat, 10 Oct 2020 09:02:39 GMT, Terry Pinnell    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Terry Pinnell  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> I'm looking for a way to change all the extensions in a folder AND its   
   >>>> subfolders. My batch skills have dropped over the decades from novice   
   >> to   
   >>>> almost non-existent so I'd much appreciate some help please.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I do have the excellent tool Bulk Rename Utility but that applies   
   >>>> filename changes at single folder level. My parent folder has scores of   
   >>>> children (and quite a few grandchildren), so that would be tedious and   
   >>>> time consuming.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Specifically, I want all the *.ino files within say c:\docs\xyz to   
   >>>> become *.txt.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> If it matters, I'm using Win 10 Pro.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Terry, East Grinstead, UK   
   >>>   
   >>> I'd still like to see a BAT solution for comparison, but meanwhile   
   >>> further googling gave me this neat method at a command prompt, with the   
   >>> parent directory selected:   
   >>>   
   >>> for /R %x in (*.ino) do ren "%x" *.txt   
   >>>   
   >>> Terry, East Grinstead, UK   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Well, to put it in a batch double the percents! Maybe stick an '@echo   
   >> off' before it, if you don't want to see the results.   
   >>   
   >> Note that the rename will fail for 'example.ino' if there's already a   
   >> 'example.txt' in the same directory.   
   >   
   > Thanks.   
   >   
      
   for /R %%x in (*.ino) do (   
   if not exist %%x (   
   ren "%%x" *.txt   
   ) else (   
   ren "%%x" *2.txt   
   )   
      
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