*! Version 1.0 18sep2010 ama *FPREF: Adds a prefix or suffix, or both, to file names by batch *Arnelyn Abdon capture prog drop fpref prog define fpref version 10 syntax anything(name=fileext id="{it: file_extension}")[, PREFix(string) SUFFix(string)] if "`c(os)'" == "Windows" { loc cmd !rename } else { loc cmd !mv } if strpos("`prefix'"," ")~=0{ display as error "{it: prefix} or {it: suffix} cannot have blank spaces" exit } if strpos("`suffix'"," ")~=0{ display as error "{it: prefix} or {it: suffix} cannot have blank spaces" exit } if "`prefix'"==""{ if "`suffix'"==""{ display as error "{it: prefix()} or {it:suffix()} is required" exit } } local filelist: dir "" files "*.`fileext'" if "`prefix'"~=""{ if "`suffix'"~=""{ foreach i of local filelist { local newname = "`prefix'" + subinstr("`i'",".`fileext'","`suffix'.`fileext'",1) `cmd' `i' `newname' display as text "`i'" " ---> " "`newname'" } } } if "`prefix'"==""{ foreach i of local filelist { local newname = subinstr("`i'",".`fileext'","`suffix'.`fileext'",1) `cmd' `i' `newname' display as text "`i'" " ---> " "`newname'" } } if "`suffix'"==""{ foreach i of local filelist { local newname = "`prefix'" + "`i'" `cmd' `i' `newname' display as text "`i'" " ---> " "`newname'" } } end