Hi all. I'm trying to rename a small group of files using wildcards, but I don't seem to be having much success at getting the results I need. The group of files are named:
kb67x l33brm prc base 001.kl1
kb67x l33brm prc base 002.kl1
kb67x l33brm prc base 003.kl1
They are the only files in their directory with the combination "l33brm". And I would like them to end up as:
kb67x lot33 prc base 001.kl1
kb67x lot33 prc base 002.kl1
kb67x lot33 prc base 003.kl1
I tried "ren *l33brm* *lot33*" but this merely changed all the file extensions to ".kl1lot33". Not very helpful. I'm reluctant to try too many experiments, because manually changing the filenames back after a mistake is a bit of a chore!
Can anyone suggest a method which will work? Can I just use the regular "*?" wildcards, or will it take some kind of regex wizardry to get what I want?
Thanks in advance for any help offered.
kb67x l33brm prc base 001.kl1
kb67x l33brm prc base 002.kl1
kb67x l33brm prc base 003.kl1
They are the only files in their directory with the combination "l33brm". And I would like them to end up as:
kb67x lot33 prc base 001.kl1
kb67x lot33 prc base 002.kl1
kb67x lot33 prc base 003.kl1
I tried "ren *l33brm* *lot33*" but this merely changed all the file extensions to ".kl1lot33". Not very helpful. I'm reluctant to try too many experiments, because manually changing the filenames back after a mistake is a bit of a chore!
Can anyone suggest a method which will work? Can I just use the regular "*?" wildcards, or will it take some kind of regex wizardry to get what I want?
Thanks in advance for any help offered.