From: klee@unibwm.de   
      
   On 18.11.2019 16:57, Lori Fairhead wrote:   
   > Hello there,   
   >   
   > I am not very familiar with NT BATCH programming yet   
   > but I had previously assumed that the command:   
   >   
   > REN * VIETNAM-*   
   >   
   > would rename all files in the current directory to   
   > include a prefix of VIETNAM-.   
   >   
   > It didn't do that, instead it superimposed the prefix   
   > onto the filename at the beginning,   
   >   
   > How would I add a prefix to all the current files   
   > in the directory?   
      
   At the command promt:   
      
   for /f  %i in ('dir /b') do ren "%i" "VIETNAM-%i"   
      
   in a batch file:   
      
   for /f  %%i in ('dir /b') do ren "%%i" "VIETNAM-%%i"   
      
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