Developer(s) | Various open-source and commercial developers |
---|---|
Operating system | OpenVOS, RT-11, OS/8, RSX-11, ISIS-II, iRMX 86, TOPS-20, Z80-RIO, FLEX, CDOS, OS-9, FlexOS, PC-MOS, 4690 OS, MPE/iX, THEOS/OASIS, OpenVMS, CP/M, MP/M, TRIPOS, AmigaDOS, DOS, MSX-DOS, SISNE plus, OS/2, Windows, ReactOS, SymbOS, DexOS |
Platform | Cross-platform |
Type | Command |
In
computing, ren
(or rename
) is a
command in various
command-line interpreters (
shells) such as
COMMAND.COM
,
cmd.exe
,
4DOS,
4NT and
Windows PowerShell. It is used to
rename
computer files and in some implementations (such as
AmigaDOS
[1]) also
directories. It is analogous to the
Unix
mv
command. However, unlike mv
, ren
cannot be used to move files, as a new directory for the destination file may not be used. Alternatively,
move
may be used if available. On versions of MS-DOS that do not support the move
command (older than 6.00), the user would simply copy the file to a new destination, and then delete the original file. A notable exception to this rule is
DOSBox, in which ren
may be used to move a file, since move
is not supported.
The command is available in the operating systems Digital Research CP/M, [2] MP/M, [3] [4] Cromemco CDOS, [5] MetaComCo TRIPOS, [6] DOS, IBM OS/2, [7] Microsoft Windows, [8] ReactOS, [9] SymbOS, and DexOS.
Multics includes a rename
command to rename a directory entry. It can be contracted to rn
.
[10]
Stratus
OpenVOS,
[11]
DEC
RT-11,
[12]
OS/8,
[13]
RSX-11,
[14]
Intel
ISIS-II,
[15]
iRMX 86,
[16]
TOPS-20,
[17]
Zilog
Z80-RIO,
[18]
TSC
FLEX,
[19]
Microware
OS-9,
[20] DR
FlexOS,
[21] IBM/
Toshiba
4690 OS,
[22]
HP
MPE/iX,
[23]
THEOS/OASIS,
[24] and
OpenVMS
[25] also provide the rename
command which in some cases can be contracted to ren
.
The rename
command is supported by
Tim Paterson's
SCP
86-DOS.
[26] On
MS-DOS, the command is available in versions 1 and later.
[27]
DR DOS 6.0 also includes an implementation of the ren
and rename
commands.
[28]
In
Windows PowerShell, ren
is a predefined
command alias for the Rename-Item
Cmdlet which basically serves the same purpose.
[29]
TSL
PC-MOS includes an implementation of rename
.
[30]
Like the rest of the operating system, it is licensed under the
GPL v3.
[31]
It is also available in the open source MS-DOS emulator DOSBox.
>ren filename newname
>ren *.htm *.html
Another example. This will rename a default video found in Windows 7 with a new name:
>rename "C:\Users\Public\Videos\Sample Videos\Wildlife.wmv" "Wildlife2.wmv"
The first parameter may contain a drive and a path, but the second parameter must contain only the new filename.
To remove certain characters of a file name in Microsoft Windows command prompt (XP & Higher) :
>rename "abcd*.txt" "////*.txt"
This will remove abcd from the file name.
Notes:
/
as the number of initial characters to remove..
from file name
Developer(s) | Various open-source and commercial developers |
---|---|
Operating system | OpenVOS, RT-11, OS/8, RSX-11, ISIS-II, iRMX 86, TOPS-20, Z80-RIO, FLEX, CDOS, OS-9, FlexOS, PC-MOS, 4690 OS, MPE/iX, THEOS/OASIS, OpenVMS, CP/M, MP/M, TRIPOS, AmigaDOS, DOS, MSX-DOS, SISNE plus, OS/2, Windows, ReactOS, SymbOS, DexOS |
Platform | Cross-platform |
Type | Command |
In
computing, ren
(or rename
) is a
command in various
command-line interpreters (
shells) such as
COMMAND.COM
,
cmd.exe
,
4DOS,
4NT and
Windows PowerShell. It is used to
rename
computer files and in some implementations (such as
AmigaDOS
[1]) also
directories. It is analogous to the
Unix
mv
command. However, unlike mv
, ren
cannot be used to move files, as a new directory for the destination file may not be used. Alternatively,
move
may be used if available. On versions of MS-DOS that do not support the move
command (older than 6.00), the user would simply copy the file to a new destination, and then delete the original file. A notable exception to this rule is
DOSBox, in which ren
may be used to move a file, since move
is not supported.
The command is available in the operating systems Digital Research CP/M, [2] MP/M, [3] [4] Cromemco CDOS, [5] MetaComCo TRIPOS, [6] DOS, IBM OS/2, [7] Microsoft Windows, [8] ReactOS, [9] SymbOS, and DexOS.
Multics includes a rename
command to rename a directory entry. It can be contracted to rn
.
[10]
Stratus
OpenVOS,
[11]
DEC
RT-11,
[12]
OS/8,
[13]
RSX-11,
[14]
Intel
ISIS-II,
[15]
iRMX 86,
[16]
TOPS-20,
[17]
Zilog
Z80-RIO,
[18]
TSC
FLEX,
[19]
Microware
OS-9,
[20] DR
FlexOS,
[21] IBM/
Toshiba
4690 OS,
[22]
HP
MPE/iX,
[23]
THEOS/OASIS,
[24] and
OpenVMS
[25] also provide the rename
command which in some cases can be contracted to ren
.
The rename
command is supported by
Tim Paterson's
SCP
86-DOS.
[26] On
MS-DOS, the command is available in versions 1 and later.
[27]
DR DOS 6.0 also includes an implementation of the ren
and rename
commands.
[28]
In
Windows PowerShell, ren
is a predefined
command alias for the Rename-Item
Cmdlet which basically serves the same purpose.
[29]
TSL
PC-MOS includes an implementation of rename
.
[30]
Like the rest of the operating system, it is licensed under the
GPL v3.
[31]
It is also available in the open source MS-DOS emulator DOSBox.
>ren filename newname
>ren *.htm *.html
Another example. This will rename a default video found in Windows 7 with a new name:
>rename "C:\Users\Public\Videos\Sample Videos\Wildlife.wmv" "Wildlife2.wmv"
The first parameter may contain a drive and a path, but the second parameter must contain only the new filename.
To remove certain characters of a file name in Microsoft Windows command prompt (XP & Higher) :
>rename "abcd*.txt" "////*.txt"
This will remove abcd from the file name.
Notes:
/
as the number of initial characters to remove..
from file name