XPost: alt.comp.editors.batch, alt.msdos.batch.nt   
   From: jj4public@vfemail.net   
      
   On Thu, 4 Jan 2018 18:52:10 -0600, Climate Hillbilly Davis wrote:   
   > Need to rename one file in batch to it's created date, i.e.,   
   > "latest.gho" > "createddate.gho"   
   >   
   > Format example:  "01-04-2018.gho"   
   >   
   > Just one file, not a group.   
   >   
   > I use this to rename it to current date:  if exist D:\Latest.gho for /f   
   > "tokens=1-5 delims=/ " %%d in ("%date%") do rename "D:\Latest.gho" %%e-%%   
   > f-%%g_C.gho   
   >   
   > Thanks.   
      
   Use this. Pass the file as the first parameter.   
      
   @echo off   
   setlocal enabledelayedexpansion   
   if not exist %1 goto :eof   
   for %%F in ("%~1") do (   
    set d=%%~tF   
    ren "%%F" !d:~0,2!-!d:~3,2!-!d:~6,4!%%~xF   
   )   
      
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