renaming files as a batch

[Leonid Spektor]

Hi Emily,

Please try commands below and see which one works best for you. Make sure to backup files in case rename command does something wrong.

ren Play_T33_CCX_*_*.cha Play_T33_CCX_*.cha

ren *X_*_*.cha *X_*.cha

ren *_*_*_*_*.cha *_*_*_*.cha


Leonid.

> On May 20, 2025, at 14:04, Emily Harrington <emily.kae.harrington at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to rename CHAT files to have consistent file names. However, I am struggling to get the ren command to do this. 
> 
> Here are examples of the file names:
> Play_T33_CCX_1002_cc.sltin.cha
> Play_T33_CCX_1011_video_z.sltin.cha
> PLAY_T33_CCX_1062_video_z.cha
> 
> Ideally, I'd like all files to be named Play_T33_CCX_#### where the #### is the unique identifier for that participant. This would remove the extra information after the unique identifier which differs across the file names. 
> 
> Is there a way to do this as a batch? 
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Emily Harrington, PhD, CCC-SLP
> University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 
> 
> 
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