Monday, October 5, 2009

Renaming the Long File Name

How to rename a long file name from MS DOS mode? As you know, MS-DOS prompt only can show 8-characters file names.

You have a long file name document, for example March - Monthly Expenses Report.doc. And then you want to change its name to April - Monthly Expenses Report.doc. In the MS-DOS prompt type:

ren "March*.doc" "April*.doc "
Meanwhile, if you want to change March - Monthly Expenses Report.doc to March - Monthly Sales Report.doc, in the MS DOS prompt type:

ren "*Expenses.doc" " *Sales.doc"

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