Dos Batch File Renaming

[Net]

Hello,

I have a group of files that are named as such (word can be any word or numbers):

Word word-word word word Floor B2342 Word Word-word.pdf
Word word-word word Floor: B-2342 Word Word-word.pdf
Word word- Floor C43 Word Word.pdf
Word word word- Floor- E2AD342 Word Word.pdf

I want to rename everything in the folder to only have the group that follows Floor... You can count on Floor always being in the file name and what I want to keep following floor.

B2342.pdf
B-2342.pdf
C43.pdf
E2AD342.pdf

A one liner would be nice but it can be more since it will be in a .bat file. The main concern is being robust.

 

[Fardringle]

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edit: I just noticed that you want to take out the word floor as well so my original suggestion wouldn't work.

This program sounds like it will do what you want: http://www.stintercorp.com/br.php

 

[Net]

thanks for the input but this is for a friend that isn't allowed to install/run unapproved programs on the computer.

 

[Nothinman]

The rename command built into cmd supports wildcards to an extend, but I don't think it'll do what you want. I'm fairly certain you'll need a 3rd party tool or a custom script, probably done in VBScript since cmd's batch syntax is fucking terrible.

 

[Net]

Vbscript is fine. Anything that can run on a default install of vista without installing anything. Ill look at vbscript, if you know how that would be good too. Thanks.

 

[Nothinman]

Vbscript is fine. Anything that can run on a default install of vista without installing anything. Ill look at vbscript, if you know how that would be good too. Thanks.

I wouldn't call it good, but it's the best of bad choices.