[AverageJoeUser]

I have a directory where files are saved periodically. When they come in, the format is "filename_12345.pdf". The "12345" part is an autonumber. I need to run a batch file from time to time to remove the autonumber part.

This is what I have, but not working:

@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f %%F in ('dir /b c:\Documents and Settings\username) do (
set newname=%%~nF
set newname=!newname:~0,-8!.pdf
)

Thanks for any help with this.

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Using ren seems to work (mostly)

D:\Temp\work>dir
Volume in drive D is D370_D
Volume Serial Number is 9402-7174

Directory of D:\Temp\work

03/01/2013 09:01 PM <DIR> .
03/01/2013 09:01 PM <DIR> ..
03/01/2013 08:55 PM 0 filename1_12345.pdf
03/01/2013 08:55 PM 0 filename2_12346.pdf
03/01/2013 08:55 PM 0 filename3_12347.pdf
3 File(s) 0 bytes
2 Dir(s) 61,983,436,800 bytes free

D:\Temp\work>ren filename*_*.pdf filename*_.pdf

D:\Temp\work>dir
Volume in drive D is D370_D
Volume Serial Number is 9402-7174

Directory of D:\Temp\work

03/01/2013 09:02 PM <DIR> .
03/01/2013 09:02 PM <DIR> ..
03/01/2013 08:55 PM 0 filename1_.pdf
03/01/2013 08:55 PM 0 filename2_.pdf
03/01/2013 08:55 PM 0 filename3_.pdf
3 File(s) 0 bytes
2 Dir(s) 61,983,436,800 bytes free

D:\Temp\work>

You might be able to make use of the ? in the ren command, depending on the format of filename.

[Ztruker]

Using ren seems to work (mostly)

D:\Temp\work>dir
Volume in drive D is D370_D
Volume Serial Number is 9402-7174

Directory of D:\Temp\work

03/01/2013 09:01 PM <DIR> .
03/01/2013 09:01 PM <DIR> ..
03/01/2013 08:55 PM 0 filename1_12345.pdf
03/01/2013 08:55 PM 0 filename2_12346.pdf
03/01/2013 08:55 PM 0 filename3_12347.pdf
3 File(s) 0 bytes
2 Dir(s) 61,983,436,800 bytes free

D:\Temp\work>ren filename*_*.pdf filename*_.pdf

D:\Temp\work>dir
Volume in drive D is D370_D
Volume Serial Number is 9402-7174

Directory of D:\Temp\work

03/01/2013 09:02 PM <DIR> .
03/01/2013 09:02 PM <DIR> ..
03/01/2013 08:55 PM 0 filename1_.pdf
03/01/2013 08:55 PM 0 filename2_.pdf
03/01/2013 08:55 PM 0 filename3_.pdf
3 File(s) 0 bytes
2 Dir(s) 61,983,436,800 bytes free

D:\Temp\work>

You might be able to make use of the ? in the ren command, depending on the format of filename.