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The question mark (?) is also a wildcard, but it represents a character of the original name you want to keep as part of the new name. The asterisk (*) is a wildcard that tells the ren command to rename everything with a specific extension. In the command, replace "FILE-EXTENSION" with the extension to change and "FILE-NAME" with part of the name to add to the files. Type the following command to rename the files in bulk and press Enter: ren *.FILE-EXTENSION ?-FILE-NAME.*.

(Optional) Type the following command to view the files in the location and press Enter: dir.

Type the following command example to navigate to the folder with the files to rename, and press Enter: cd c:\PATH\TO\FILESįor example, this example opens the "files" folder inside "Documents": c d %USERPROFILE%\Pictures\rename.

Search for Command Prompt and click the top result to open the app.

To rename multiple files in bulk with the same name structure with Command Prompt, use these steps:

Once you complete these steps, Command Prompt will rename the file with the new name available in the command. Repeat step 5 to change the name of the remaining files.