.bat for batch rename to increment numbers in fname

Question

I have a large folder of .cbr\'s, and I\'m renaming them by issue number to correctly order them. What do I need to include in the ren line to have each file increment the n

Answer 1

Try this batch script.

@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set /a count=0
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir /b /od *.cbr') do (
 echo ren "%%a" !count!.cbr
 set /a count+=1
)

It renames all the files with a incremental counter. The order of the files is preserved with the /OD option of the DIR command, that sorts the files list by its modified timestamp.

After careful testing, remove the ECHO command.

For more information, read HELP DIR, HELP SET and HELP FOR.