Batch Script to Bulk Rename Files - Strip off Parenthesis and all Characters between

Question

I wish to rename a group of files in a particular folder in such a way that everything between and including the parenthesis is erased.

For example a file with the name of:

"78 Tax Tips for Canadians for Dummies (ISBN - 0470676582)"

I wish to rename it to:

"78 Tax Tips for Canadians for Dummies"

I need to do this for all the files file in a particular folder for any and all files that follow this same pattern for it's file name characters:

Dummies (ISBN - .........)

I tried following and using the batch script logic on this post but I could not get that to work the number after the ISBN - ########## part keeps changing with the way I did that incorrectly.

Answer 1

Batch file rename, strip off parenthesis and all characters between, but keep extension

Save all the logic from the below example to a text file and name it something.cmd and then simply execute it. . .

Script Notes

• Where SET RenDir=C:\Path is C:\Path, you'll need to put the full path where these files you wish to rename exist.

• The assumption with this script logic is there will ONLY be files in the RenDir with parenthesis () that will need to be stripped with the (ISBN - .........) type pattern and no other parts of any of those file names will contain any parenthesis ().

Example Batch Script Logic

@ECHO ON

SET RenDir=C:\Path

FOR /F "DELIMS=() TOKENS=1,3" %%F IN ('DIR /B /A-D "%RenDir%\*.*"') DO (
    CALL :RenameFiles "%%~F" "%%~G"
)
GOTO EOF

:RenameFiles
SET fname=%~1
SET Ext=%~2
REN "%RenDir%\%fname%*%ext%" "%fname%%ext%"
GOTO EOF