Rename all file in a Folder

Question

I am trying to rename all the file in a folder using this:

@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for "%file_path_history%" %%a in (*.*) do (
if not "%~nx0"=="%%a" ren "%%a" "%fullstamp%_%%a"
)

But it returns an error message:

path was unexpected at this time.

I have also tried

ren "%file_path_history%*.*" "%file_path_history%%fullstamp%_*.*"

but it does not work.

Any suggestion?

Above; doing the rename on a single file it works correctly, so I assume the problem is not related with those varibale, maybe on their calls/usage... — Gimmy88, Commented Oct 25, 2022 at 11:15
May you give an example of how the files are currently and how you want them to be? — Ricardo Bohner, Commented Oct 25, 2022 at 11:45
sure: current name is "abc.xlsx", "def.csv" and I want to have "20221025_141500_abc.xlsx", "20221025_141500_def.csv", for all the file in the %file_path_history% folder. — Gimmy88, Commented Oct 25, 2022 at 12:16

Gimmy88 · Accepted Answer · 2022-10-25 15:33:48Z

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Here is the solution:

@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
cd %file_path_history%
for %%a in (*.*) do (
ren "%%a" "%fullstamp%_%%a"
)

Thanks, Andrea

answered Oct 25, 2022 at 15:33

Gimmy88

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