How to remove spaces from file names (in bulk)

Question

How to remove spaces (not replace with underscores) from several thousand files in bulk in Windows? Can I do this from the DOS command?

Currently:

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Answer 1

You can write a simple script that does this for one file/directory, e.g.:

@echo off
setlocal enableextensions enabledelayedexpansion

set "ARG=%~1"
ren "%ARG%" "%ARG: =%"

...and then if you'd like, run it over all the files and/or directories you care about. For instance, if you create the above script as myrenamingscript.cmd, you can run it over all non-dir files in the current dir by running:

for %f in (*) do @myrenamingscript.cmd "%~f"