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Batch File Renamer

Description

fren check the name of files with the extension of file_extension, searching for st1. Whenever a matching str1 is found, it is replaced with str2.

Syntax

fren file_extension , from(str1) [ to(str2) ]

options Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * from(str1) find to be replaced * to(str2) use to replace occurrences of from() -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Technical note

This program runs only on Windows System!

Examples

rename all txt files in current directory. as if there're characters bad in file name, it will be changed to good :

. fren txt, from(bad) to(good)

rename all dta files in current directory. as if there're spaces in file name, it will be trimed :

. fren dta, from(" ") to("")

OR:

. fren dta, from(" ")

For problems and suggestions

Author: Liu wei, The School of Sociology and Population Studies, Renmin University of China. Address: Zhongguancun Street No. 59, Haidian District, ZIP Code: 100872. E-mail: rucwz-stata@yahoo.cn

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