Windows 10: Renaming Multiple File Extensions With a Batch File

Hello,


Pretty self explanatory question, but not turning up the results I need. If I use a command line window to change a bunch of file types, I can do the following:


CD LocalDirectory\Is\Located\Here

REN *.jpg *.tif


This changes every file that has a JPG extension to a TIF. I'm trying to replicate the same thing, but do it in a batch file, but I keep throwing an error that says "The system cannot find the file specified." I'm not sure if the syntax has to be different as a batch file as opposed to just typing it into Windows Command Line itself. Here is the code I have now:


title Image File Extension Change

ECHO Finding directory, please wait.

CD LocalDirectory\Is\Located\Here

ECHO Renaming files, please wait.
ren *.jpg *.tif
pause


Thank you for the help!

:)

 

Batch Files Knowledge Base

Don't use batch files very much but one I find useful is for creating a list of files in a directory.
Just copy the text below into Notepad and save as Filelist.bat

dir /a /-p /o:gen >filelist.txt

When you run it from a folder it will create a Filelist.txt file,in the same folder, that lists all the files in that folder.Useful when you are too lazy to type all the files out yourself.

 

Batch Files Knowledge Base

Very nice and usefull thanks for contributing.

 

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