"Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1B007E04-5DF6-438D-A5F3-3FFEB7182D85@microsoft.com...
>I have a large batch file that copies pdf files from one network directory
>to
> another. It works great! Now, I was wondering if it is possible to
> create a
> batch file that copies the files and renames them? (It would be really
> cool
> if I could use a wildcard some how that would allow me to add the date on
> the
> end of the file name!)
>
> I did some playing around with the "RENAME" command, but I could not get
> it
> to work with spaces in the file name. I need to maintain the spaces in
> these
> file names, so is there a way to make this work? As I alluded to above, I
> would like to add the date to the end of the file name. If a wild card
> can't
> be used, I will just get it setup manually once, open the file in Excel
> and
> use the replace command.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Eric
>

It's probably possible but we can't tell you unless you supply
full details about the names ***before*** and ***after***
the rename command.